Cerebral tuberculoma presenting as flexion spasms

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-84

  Martins, Cristina L ^a   Monteiro, José Paulo ^a   Sarafana, Sofia ^a   Caldas, Gabriela ^a   Oliveira, Pedro ^b   Breia, Paula ^a   Rodeia, Paula ^a   Fonseca, Maria José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cerebral tuberculoma; Congenital tuberculosis; Flexion spasms

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA;

BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 33846022001     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000247135.05706.e6     Document Type: Article

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