Syphilitic cerebral gumma with HIV infection

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 1282-1287

  Berger, Joseph R ^a   Waskin, H ^b   Pall, L ^a   Hensley, G ^a   Ihmedian, I ^a   Post, M J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0026780721     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.7.1282     Document Type: Article

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