Reliability and diagnostic performance of ct imaging criteria in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Botha, Hugo ^a   Ackerman, Christelle ^a   Candy, Sally ^b   Carr, Jonathan A ^a   Griffith Richards, Stephanie ^a   Bateman, Kathleen J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL MENINGEAL ENHANCEMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863098339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038982     Document Type: Review

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