TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS, WITH REPORT OF 52 CASES
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Tuberculous meningitis: a report of 60 adult cases.
OBJECTIVE This was to evaluate the history, clinical and laboratory findings, outcome and prognosis of patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM). METHOD Between 1998 and 2009, 60 patients with TBM were evaluated, retrospectively. RESULTS Overall, 60 patients were selected, of which 33 (55%) were male. The patients' ages ranged from 14 to 62 years. In the majority of the patients, disease w...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
سال: 1906
ISSN: 0022-3018
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-190604000-00003