Toxoplasma encephalitis in a HIV patient: Unusual involvement of the corpus callosum

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-290

  Supiot, Frederic ^a   Guillaume, Marie Paule ^a   Hermanus, Nicole ^a   Telerman Toppet, Nicole ^a   Karmali, Rafik ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AIDS; Corpus callosum; HIV; MRI; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0031453527     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(97)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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