Diagnostic accuracy and predictive value of 201t1 spet for the differential diagnosis of cerebral lesions in aids patients

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 741-750

  Damico, A ^a   Messa, C ^a   Castagna, A ^a   Zito, F ^a   Galli, L ^a   Pepe, G ^a   Lazzarin, A ^a   Lucignani, G ^a   Fazio, Ferruccio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CLINDAMYCIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; THALLIUM 201;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0030832187     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199708000-00008     Document Type: Article

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