Chest computerized tomography scan findings in 74 children with tuberculous meningitis in southeastern Turkey

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-369

  Yaramiş, Ahmet ^a   Bükte, Yaşar ^a   Katar, Selahattin ^a   Özbek, M Nuri ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest; Children; Computed tomography; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TURKEY;

EID: 38349008743     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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