Focal neurologic deficits in infective endocarditis and other septic diseases

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-286

  Bitsch, A ^a   Nau, R ^a   Hilgers, R A ^a   Verheggen, R ^a   Werner, G ^a   Prange, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscess; Embolism; Encephalitis; Endocarditis; Sepsis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STROKE;

EID: 0029801336     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb07066.x     Document Type: Article

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