Cerebral Gumma showing spontaneous regression on magnetic resonance imaging study - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 242-245

  Takeshima, Hideo ^a,b   Kaku, Takayuki ^a   Ushio, Yukitaka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral gumma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurosyphilis; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; HEADACHE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032922020     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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