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Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with tuberculous meningitis: a rare complication of a common disease

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India

    Raghvendra Ramdasi & Amit Mahore

  2. Department of Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, India

    Juhi Kawale

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, 15 - Dr. Deshmukh Marg, Pedder Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400026, India

    Smita Thorve

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Ramdasi, R., Mahore, A., Kawale, J. et al. Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with tuberculous meningitis: a rare complication of a common disease. Acta Neurochir 157, 1679–1680 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2493-6

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