Utility of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis and follow-up of tuberculous meningitis-related vasculopathy

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 142-146

  Kiliç, Türker ^a   Elmaci, Ilhan ^a   Özek, M Memet ^a   Pamir, M Necmettin ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hemodynamics; Meningitis; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography; Tuberculosis; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PULSE; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0036556047     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0571-6     Document Type: Article

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