Role of aspirin in tuberculous meningitis: A randomized open label placebo controlled trial

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Misra, U K ^a   Kalita, J ^a   Nair, P P ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet; Aspirin; Outcome; Randomized controlled trial; TBM; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PLACEBO; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEROIDS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952100561     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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