Central nervous system manifestations of human ehrlichiosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 314-319

  Ratnasamy, Nathaniel ^b   Everett, E Dale ^a   Roland, William E ^b   McDonald, Gregory ^b   Caldwell, Charles W ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

EID: 0029812830     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.314     Document Type: Article

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