Cognitive outcome in adults after bacterial meningitis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1092-1096

  Hoogman, Martine ^a   Van De Beek, Diederik ^a,b   Weisfelt, Martijn ^a   De Gans, Jan ^a   Schmand, Ben ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SURVIVOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; RISK; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSALITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34548109557     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.110023     Document Type: Article

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