Histoplasmosis mimicking vasculitis of the central nervous system

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1644-1648

  Stone, John H ^a,b   Pomper, Martin G ^a,b   Hellmann, David B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Histoplasmosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; HISTOPLASMIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SIMULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0031880511     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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