MRI of the brain in HIV-positive patients: What is the value of routine intravenous contrast medium?

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 687-695

  Malcolm, P N ^a,b   Howlett, D C ^a   Saks, A ^a   Smith, N A ^a   Banerjee, A K ^a   Bingham, J S ^a   Bingham, J B ^a   Cox, T C S ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PILGRIM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Human immunodeficiency virus; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032881381     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050825     Document Type: Article

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