Postmortem trucut transnasal brain biopsy in the diagnosis of encephalitis

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-165

  Sudarsanam, Thambu David ^a   Chacko, Geeta ^a   David, Rani Diana ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOSE CAVITY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; NASAL CAVITY;

EID: 52049111606     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2007.070091     Document Type: Article

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