Vascular complications of tuberculous meningitis: An autopsy study

Neurology India

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 926-932

  Chatterjee, Debajyoti ^a   Radotra, Bishan Dass ^a   Vasishta, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Sharma, Kusum ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Basal exudates; infarction; proliferative lesion; stroke; tuberculous meningitis; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CRANIAL SINUS; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84948734109     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.170086     Document Type: Article

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