A comparision of brain biopsy and CSF-PCR in the diagnosis of CNS lesions in AIDS patients

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-39

  D'Arminio Monforte, Antonella ^a   Cinque, Paola ^b   Vago, Luca ^a   Rocca, Aleandro ^b   Castagna, Antonella ^b   Gervasoni, Cristina ^a   Terreni, Maria Rosa ^b   Novati, Roberto ^b   Gori, Andrea ^a   Lazzarin, Adriano ^b   Moroni, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brain biopsy; Cerebral spinal fluid; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JC VIRUS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADULT; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0031060477     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00007727     Document Type: Review

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