Predictors of long-term neurological sequelae of tuberculous meningitis: A multivariate analysis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-37

  Kalita, J ^a   Misra, U K ^a   Ranjan, P ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Computed tomography scan; Motor deficit; Optic atrophy; Outcome; Sequelae; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFARCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SHUNTING; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 33846139636     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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