Tuberculous cranial pachymeningitis

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-300

  Thurtell, M J ^a   Keed, A B R ^a   Yan, M ^a   Gottlieb, T ^b   Spies, J M ^a   Halmagyi, G M ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 33846461128     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252367.99393.34     Document Type: Article

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