Incidence, predictors and prognostic value of cranial nerve involvement in patients with tuberculous meningitis: A retrospective evaluation

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-295

  Sharma, Pawan ^a   Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Verma, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Maneesh Kumar ^a   Shukla, Rakesh ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cranial neuropathy; Dexamethasone; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SENSORY SYSTEM; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 79956027033     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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