Free-living, amphizoic and opportunistic amebas

Brain Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 583-598

  Martinez, Auguste Julio ^a,b,d   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMEBIASIS; BRAIN INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031047389     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1997.tb01076.x     Document Type: Review

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