Brainstem tuberculoma presenting as eight-and-a-half syndrome

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-44

  van Toorn, Ronald ^a   Schoeman, Johan F ^a   Donald, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eight and a half syndrome; Internuclear opthalmoplegia; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 33645862863     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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