Meningeal

The researchers then turned their attention to case-control studies - comparisons of patients ( 'cases') against healthy volunteers ( 'controls') - to see whether genetic variants in the LTA4H region affected susceptibility to mycobacterial infection in humans, examining patients in Vietnam with a particularly dangerous form of TB known as meningeal TB, and patients in Nepal with leprosy. ❋ Editors (2010)

When compound, the wound must be disinfected; and intra-cranial complications, such as meningeal hæmorrhage, laceration of the brain, or infection, are to be treated on the lines already described. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

A postmortem revealed, however, that it was meningeal tuberculosis, not drink, that had done for him. ❋ Gabriel Josipovici (2012)

"Evidently somebody injected Percival L. Sphynxeye with an exotic meningeal virus, possibly a hybrid of Mars fossil RNA with Earth pathogens." ❋ Unknown (2010)

KELLIE LIM, TRIPLE AMPUTEE: Well at the age of 8 I contracted meningeal toxemia which is the much feared bacterial meningitis. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As he grew older, Peter became practically blind, and “meningeal symptoms made it difficult for him to control the nerve reflexes of his head and neck, making him slobber and appear uncouth.” ❋ Massie, Robert K., 1929- (2003)

“Just like the book, we have a perfect head,” Sherry proclaimed, immediately undertaking the search for the meningeal artery. ❋ Steve Giegerich (2001)

“Recurrent branch of the recurrent meningeal nerve,” she said quietly. ❋ Steve Giegerich (2001)

Rao, Gayatri rectal muscles recurrent meningeal nerve religion: ❋ Steve Giegerich (2001)

The brain looked like a mass of gray worms under its delicate covering of meningeal membrane. ❋ Tess Gerritsen (1997)

The gunshot wound to the back of the head had entered the right parietal-temporal region of the skull, lacerating the dura and a branch of the middle meningeal artery. ❋ Patricia Cornwell (1994)

- Classical meningeal syndrome with fever, meningism, neck stiffness, Budzinski and Kernig's signs positive: the patient lying extended, involuntarily flexes the knees when the neck is flexed or when the legs are raised vertically with the knees in extension. ❋ Unknown (1993)

- Meningitis: any meningeal syndrome with fever, diagnosed by a physician. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Diagnosis much more difficult as classical meningeal signs are often missing. ❋ Unknown (1993)

The five major causes of death between 1 and 4 years are: First, accidents, many of which take place at home; second, malignant tumors; third, congential abnormalities; fourth, influenza and pneumonia; and fifth, meningeal infections. ❋ Unknown (1984)

Wound 'A' fired at contact at mouth, fracturing upper jaw and breaking off incisors, bullet traveling at diverted angle through brain scoring inside posterior of skull starting 5 cms. above meningeal groove. ❋ Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- (1981)

_ -- The pure question of the fact of injury of the spinal cord needs no discussion; but it is necessary to make some remarks on the discrimination between concussion, contusion and hæmorrhage, meningeal and medullary hæmorrhage, the latter condition and compression, and on partial and complete severance of the cord. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)