Behaviour Profiles After Tuberculous Meningitis
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Behaviour profiles after tuberculous meningitis.
The purpose of the study was to investigate child behaviour in children who recovered from tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and to compare behaviour profiles of stage II and stage III patients. The mean age of the cohort of 74 children at the time of evaluation was 10 years and 7 months. At follow-up all patients underwent a thorough neurological examination and a psychometric test battery, which i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp080