Management of hydrocephalus in patients with tuberculous meningitis

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-374

  Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Grading; Hydrocephalus; Management; Outcome; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FUROSEMIDE; HYALURONIDASE; MANNITOL DEHYDROGENASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIQUORRHEA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SHUNT INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 70349414647     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.55572     Document Type: Review

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