Disseminated cerebral hemorrhages as unusual manifestation of toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 187-189

  Berlit, Peter ^a   Popescu, Octavian ^a   Weng, Yvonne ^a   Malessa, Rolf ^b  

^a ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV infection; Multiple cerebral hemorrhage; Toxoplasmic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030297455     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00208-0     Document Type: Article

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