Clinical characteristics and treatment delay of cerebral infarction in tuberculous meningitis

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-300

  Sheu, J J ^a   Hsu, C Y ^b   Yuan, R Y ^a   Yang, C C ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Treatment delay; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; STEROID THERAPY; STROKE; SUBCORTEX; THALAMUS; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; WEAKNESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84863375312     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02256.x     Document Type: Article

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