Cerebral amebiasis in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 248-250

  Calore, E E ^a,b,d   Cavaliere, M J ^c   Calore, N M P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d Secao de Anat Patologica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031309536     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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