Cranial computed tomography in purulent meningitis of childhood

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-174

  Tuncer, Oǧuz ^a   Çaksen, Hüseyin ^a   Arslan, Şükrü ^a   Ataş, Bülent ^a   Üner, Abdurrahman ^a   Öner, Ahmet Faik ^a   Odabaş, Dursun ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Complication; Computed tomography; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SKULL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0842334470     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450490269435     Document Type: Article

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