Choroidal tubercles in neurotuberculosis: Prevalence and significance

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 341-345

  Mehta, Salil ^a   Chauhan, Vinay ^a   Hastak, Shirish ^a   Jiandani, Prakash ^a   Dalal, Praful ^a  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Choroidal tubules; Neurotuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROIDAL TUBERCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL GRANULOMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROTUBERCULOSIS; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 33845619793     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940600976946     Document Type: Article

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