Can CT predict the level of CSF block in tuberculous hydrocephalus?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-187

  Bruwer, G E ^a   Van der Westhuizen, S ^a   Lombard, C J ^b   Schoeman, J F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air encephalography; Communicating hydrocephalus; Non communicating hydrocephalus; Third ventricle; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 1842425017     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0887-x     Document Type: Article

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