Multiple intracranial tubercular abscesses in a child

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 244-246

  Narang, M ^a   Gomber, S ^b   Upreti, L ^b   Dua, S ^b  

^a UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PHENYTOIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROWSINESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIPLE INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULAR ABSCESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78249253618     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v8i2.3568     Document Type: Article

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