Clinicoradiological features of tuberculous meningitis in patients over 50 years of age

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 536-538

  Srikanth, S G ^a   Taly, A B ^a   Nagarajan, K ^a   Jayakumar, P N ^a   Patil, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 34247266626     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.095620     Document Type: Article

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