Cerebral infarction in childhood bacterial meningitis.
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چکیده
Forty-nine children with complicated bacterial meningitis were studied. Thirteen had abnormalities on computed tomography compatible with the diagnosis of brain infarction; one had a brain biopsy with the histological appearance of infarction. Factors exist in childhood bacterial meningitis which are associated with the development of brain infraction.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
دوره 44 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981