Pathology of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis: Analysis of 27 patients with pathogenetic implications

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 839-847

  Lee, Sunhee C ^a   Dickson, Dennis W ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

capsular polysaccharide; cryptococcal meningitis; granuloma; microglia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROGLIA;

EID: 0029818328     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90459-1     Document Type: Article

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