Cytomegalovirus encephalomyelitis: MR imaging findings documenting response to ganciclovir therapy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-105

  Arata, Michael A ^a   Provenzale, James M ^a   Vredenburgh, James J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; GANCICLOVIR; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG RESPONSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL TUMOR;

EID: 0031831424     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.1.9648771     Document Type: Article

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