Central system nervous tuberculosis in infants

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-106

  Tinsa, Faten ^a   Essaddam, Leila ^a   Fitouri, Zohra ^a   Boussetta, Khadija ^a   Ben Becher, Saida ^a   Bousnina, Souad ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOACUSIS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULIN TEST;

BRAIN; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 75649123796     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809336129     Document Type: Review

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