Hemiballism-hemichorea in presentation of cranial tuberculoma [1]

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1293-1294

  Ozer, Feriha ^a   Meral, Hasan ^b   Aydemir, Tuba ^b   Ozturk, Oya ^b  

^a Haseki Educational and Researh Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FOLLOW UP; HEMIBALLISM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA;

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHOREA; DYSKINESIAS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33748338361     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20937     Document Type: Letter

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