Cerebral tumor-like american trypanosomiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 403-406

  Pagano, Miguel A ^a   Segura, Martín J ^b   Di Lorenzo, Guillermo A ^a   Garau, María L ^a   Molina, Hugo A ^b   Cahn, Pedro ^a   Perez, Héctor ^a   Vítolo, Fabián ^a   Grondona, Alba ^a   Piedimonte, Fabián C ^c   Giannaula, Rolando ^d   Ramia, Raúl ^e   Miranda, Miguel A ^b   Sierra, Hernán ^b   Sica, Roberto E P ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

^c FLENI   (Argentina)

^d Hospital Regional Espanol   (Argentina)

^e Hospital del Milagro   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; NIFURTIMOX;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0033028211     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199903)45:3<403::AID-ANA20>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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