Cerebrovascular disease as an initial finding in childhood tuberculosis meningoencephalitis;Enfermedad cerebrovascular como síntoma inicial de meningoencefalitis tuberculosa en la infancia

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1034-1037

  Rotta, N T ^a,b   Silva, Alexandre Rodrigues ^a,c   Firpo Freire, C ^a   Sebben, G ^b   Dos Santos Riesgo, R ^b   Ohlweiler, L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case report; Cerebral vasculitis; Cerebrovascular disease; Infancy; Tuberculosis meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMOXICILLIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 17644391111     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3911.2003388     Document Type: Article

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