Predictors of inpatient mortality in 190 adult patients with tuberculous meningitis

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 159-163

  Qureshi, H U ^a   Merwat, S N ^a   Nawaz, S A ^a   Rana, A A K ^a   Malik, A ^a   Mahmud, M K ^a   Latif, A ^a   Khan, A ^b   Sarwari, A R ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0036527382     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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