Tuberculous meningitis in a district hospital from southern Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 311-318

  Degefie, Tedbabe ^a  

^a NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 3843105901     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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