Serial MRI to determine the effect of dexamethasone on the cerebral pathology of tuberculous meningitis: an observational study

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-236

  Thwaites, Guy E ^a,b   Macmullen Price, Jeremy ^c   Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^d   Phuong Mai, Pham ^d   Dung, Nguyen Thi ^d   Simmons, Cameron P ^a,e   White, Nicholas J ^a,e   Hien, Tran Tinh ^d   Summers, David ^c   Farrar, Jeremy J ^a,e  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIET NAM;

EID: 33846871534     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70034-0     Document Type: Article

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