Visual Disturbance in Patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis: The Road Ahead
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Visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitis.
OBJECTIVE To verify the relationship between intracranial pressure and flash visual evoked potentials (F-VEP) in patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Method The sample included adults diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis admitted at a reference hospital for infectious diseases. The patients were subjected to F-VEP tests shortly before lumbar puncture. The Pearsons linear correlation coeffi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0976-3147,0976-3155
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.193560