Tuberculous Meningitis in Adults: A Review of 160 Cases
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Tuberculous Meningitis in Adults: A Review of 160 Cases
OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and neuroimaging features of 160 adult patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) according to "Thwaites' diagnostic index." METHODS The subjects of this retrospective study are the patients with TBM who were followed up between years 1998 and 2009 in a tertiary referral hospital. Diagnosis of TBM was based on clini...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Scientific World Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1537-744X
DOI: 10.1100/2012/169028