Clinical relevance of hydrocephalus as a presenting feature of tuberculous meningitis

QJM - Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 643-648

  Chan, K H ^a   Cheung, R T F ^a   Fong, C Y ^a   Tsang, K L ^a   Mak, W ^a   Ho, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0042377405     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg108     Document Type: Article

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