Endoscopy for tuberculous hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-84

  Figaji, A A ^a   Fieggen, A G ^a   Peter, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Tuberculomas; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; THIRD VENTRICLE; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 33846446663     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0195-3     Document Type: Article

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