Distribution of brain infarction in children with tuberculous meningitis and correlation with outcome score at 6 months

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1289-1294

  Andronikou, Savvas ^a   Wilmshurst, Jo ^b   Hatherill, Mark ^b   VanToorn, Ronald ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Infarction; Meningitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 33845549410     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0319-7     Document Type: Article

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