Miliary tuberculosis associated with multiple intracranial tuberculomas

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-370

  Ceylan, Erkan ^a,b   Gencer, Mehmet ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Convulsion; Miliary tuberculosis; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EDEMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIPLE BRAIN TUBERCULOMA; MULTIPLE INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT; SEIZURE; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH JUICE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 17844362761     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.205.367     Document Type: Article

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