The use of clinical scales in depicting cerebrovascular complications in bacterial meningitis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-29

  Merkelbach, Stefan ^a   König, Jochem ^a   Röhn, Sonja ^a   Müller, Martin ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Cerebrovascular complications; Clinical score system; Infectious disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0035119547     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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