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Improving diagnosis and understanding the pathophysiology of tuberculous meningitis

2020-01-01

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Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of TB. Current diagnostics are insufficiently sensitive. Processes of excessive neuroinflammation are poorly understood. Detecting raised intracranial pressure is challenging. TBM-associated hyponatraemia is poorly understood. This thesis aims to improve diagnosis of TBM and its complications, and further understand TBM's complex pathophysiology. Firstly, I pres...

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Literature Corpus work: 078b1042-a9ca-5811-8ba4-2248758199b1
DOI: 10.21954/ou.ro.0001219e

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