Infectious meningitis: Prospective evaluation with magnetization transfer MRI

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 917, 2004, Pages 387-394

  Kamra, P ^a   Azad, R ^a   Prasad, K N ^a   Jha, S ^a   Pradhan, S ^a   Gupta, R K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 2642571621     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/23641059     Document Type: Article

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