Trypanosoma cruzi meningoencephalitis in aids mimicking cerebral metastases: Case report;Meningoencefalite chagásica em AIDS simulando metástases cerebrais: Relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 102-106

  Pimentel, Pedro Camilo A ^a,c   Handfas, Benjamin W ^b   Carmignani, Marcia ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cerebral metastases; Chagas' disease; Encephalitis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030101418     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X1996000100017     Document Type: Article

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