Therapeutic paradox in CNS tuberculosis

Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-134

  Jindal, Geetanjali ^a   Ghosh, Debabrat ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOSE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATAXIA; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXUDATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECK; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PTOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROBILECERCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRUNK; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 73149101063     PISSN: 18171745     EISSN: 19983948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.57331     Document Type: Letter

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