Two cases of toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with acute T-cell leukaemia and lymphoma

Journal of Infection

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-29

  Re, D ^a,b   Reiser, M ^a   Bamborschke, S ^a   Schroder R ^a   Lehrke, R ^a   Tesch, H ^a   Salzberger, B ^a   Diehl, V ^a   Fatkenheuer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUDARABINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0033067670     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(99)90025-7     Document Type: Article

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