Intracranial tuberculoma: A case report and review of the literature;Tuberculoma intracraneal: Caso clínico y revisión de la bibliografía

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 631-634

  Guillén Quesada, Antonio ^a   Garcia Armengol R ^b   Perez Munoz N ^a   Gargallo, E ^a   Garcia Garcia J J ^a   Costa Clara, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Dizziness; Temporal lobe; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZZINESS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 58149098172     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4712.2007599     Document Type: Article

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