Tuberculous optochiasmatic arachnoiditis

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 732-735

  Anupriya, A ^a   Sunithi, M ^a   Maya, T ^a   Goel, M ^a   Alexander, M ^a   Aaron, S ^a   Mathew, V ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; optic chiasm; tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; GADOLINIUM; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC CHIASM ARACHNOIDITIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ARACHNOIDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149397657     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.72194     Document Type: Article

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