Vascular endothelial growth factor in tuberculous meningitis

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-132

  Misra, Usha K ^a   Kalita, Jayantee ^a   Singh, Avadhesh P ^a   Prasad, Sreeram ^a  

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

Author keywords

Infarction; Meningitis; MRA; MRI; Paradoxical response; Tuberculosis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 84872745386     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2012.743127     Document Type: Article

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