Actinomycotic brain abscess

Neurologia

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 357-361

  Benito Leon J ^a,b   Munoz A ^a   Leon P G ^a   Rivas, J J ^a   Ramos, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Brain abscess; Brain abscesses; Complications; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance; Rendu Osler Weber disease

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031666425     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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