Thoracic myelopathy complicating acute meningococcal meningitis: MRI findings

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 323, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 263-265

  Bhojo, Asumul K ^a,b   Akhter, Naveed ^a,b   Bakshi, Rohit ^b   Wasay, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningitis; Meningococcus; Myelitis; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0036088320     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200205000-00006     Document Type: Article

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