Impact of bacille calmette-guérin vaccination on neuroradiological manifestations of pediatric tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 581-586

  Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Ajmal, Saad ^a   Taqui, Ather M ^a   Uddin, Najam ^a   Azam, Iqbal ^a   Husen, Yousuf ^a   Nizami, Syed Qamaruddin ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacille Calmette Gu rin vaccination; Central nervous system infections; CT scan; MRI; Pediatric; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

BCG VACCINE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 77953092965     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809340921     Document Type: Review

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