Miliary tuberculomas of the brain: case report

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-414

  Alkhani, Ahmed ^a   Al Otaibi, Faisal ^a   Cupler, Edward J ^a   Lach, Boleslaw ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Miliary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNSTEADINESS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PAPILLEDEMA; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 33646101681     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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