Lymphocytic meningitis: Incidence, causes and outcomes over five years

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Kinirons, Peter ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG RESPONSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 31844433596     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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