Clinical relevance of intracranial arterial stenoses in tuberculous and cryptococcal meningitis

Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 359-363

  Lu, C H ^a   Chang, W N ^a   Chang, H W ^b   Chung, K J ^a   Tsai, N W ^a   Lui, C C ^a   Wang, H C ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34848839510     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6263-0     Document Type: Article

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