Brain CT and MRI findings in 100 consecutive patients with intracranial tuberculoma

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 240-247

  Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Kheleani, Bhojo A ^a   Moolani, Mahesh K ^c   Zaheer, Jazia ^b   Pui, Margaret ^a   Hasan, Sheema ^a   Muzaffar, Suhail ^a   Bakshi, Rohit ^e   Sarawari, Arif R ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

CNS infections; Intracranial mass; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CALCIFICATION; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL; TUBERCULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0038121682     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228403013003007     Document Type: Article

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