Cerebral infarction and cerebral salt wasting syndrome in a patient with tuberculous meningoencephalitis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 636-640

  Loo, K L ^a   Ramachandran, R ^a   Abdullah, B J ^a   Chow, S K ^a   Goh, E M L ^a   Yeap, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; HYDROCORTISONE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; SALT LOSING NEPHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0346969787     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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