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Brain Abscess

Known as: abscess cerebral, BRAIN, ABSCESS, Brain Abscess [Disease/Finding] 
A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate in the brain, due to bacterial and other infections. The majority are caused by spread of infected… 
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2004
2004
Obesity and the insulin resistance syndrome
Commentary on the paper by Viner et al (see 10) The increasing prevalence of obesity during childhood in the UK has been… 
2001
2001
Patent foramen ovale as a possible risk factor for cryptogenic brain abscess : Report of two cases. Commentaries
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been suggested as a potential source of paradoxical embolism. A higher… 
1989
1989
Multiple pyogenic brain abscesses: an analysis of 21 patients.
Multiple pyogenic brain abscesses constituted 11.7% (21 patients) of a series of 179 consecutive patients with brain abscess… 
1982
1982
Complicated infantile meningitis: evaluation by real-time sonography.
Real-time sonographic findings in 20 infants with bacterial meningitis are reported. The spectrum of features included normal… 
1981
1981
The Effect of Glucocorticoids in the Combined Treatment of Experimental Brain Abscess in Cats
Glucocorticoids in the treatment of brain edema are well accepted nowadays, while the usefulness of corticosteroids in the… 
1979
1979
Production of experimental brain abscess in the rat.
Experimental evaluation of brain abscess has been inhibited by the lack of a simple and reproducible model in small animals. A… 
1971
1971
Long-term neurological residua in patients surviving brain abscess with surgery.
✓ Long-term neurological sequelae were analyzed in 40 patients (24 adults and 16 children) who survived a brain abscess with… 
1970
1970
A tuberculous abscess of the brain. Case report.
E VEN before the introduction of streptomycin in 1944 for the treatment of tuberculosis, tuberculous abscesses of the brain as… 
Review
1963
Review
1963
Congenital Cardiac Disease: A Review of 357 Cases Studied Pathologically.
The purpose of this work is limited, but it is most effectively served. A catalog of the autopsy experience of the Mayo Clinic… 
1950
1950
Brain abscess and congenital heart disease.
Excerpt There is a sparsity of reports in the medical literature concerning the syndrome of brain abscess and congenital heart… 
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