Computed tomography angiography in patients with tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 565-572

  Singh, Balwant ^a   Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Singh, Maneesh Kumar ^a   Verma, Rajesh ^a   Malhotra, Hardeep Singh ^a   Jain, Ameeta ^a   Singh, Ragini ^a   Kohli, Neera ^a   Phadke, Rajendra V ^b   Shukla, Rakesh ^a   Parihar, Anit ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Infract; Meningitis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Stroke; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PIA MATER; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860640579     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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