Timing of shunt surgery in childhood tuberculous meningitis with hydrocephalus

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 194-198

  Kemaloglu, Serdar ^a,b   Özkan, Ümit ^a   Bukte, Yaşar ^a   Ceviz, Adnan ^a   Özates, Mustafa ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Hydrocephalus; Timing; Tuberculous meningitis; Ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036424315     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065398     Document Type: Article

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