Tuberculous meningitis presenting as mesencephalic infarction and syringomyelia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 286-287

  Katchanov, Juri ^a   Bohner, Georg ^a   Schultze, Jörg ^a   Klingebiel, Randolf ^a   Endres, Matthias ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischaemia; Syringomyelia; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; STROKE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 34547698882     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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