Pseudocystic form of neurocryptococcosis in pregnancy: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 57, Issue 3 A, 1999, Pages 678-682

  Nucci, Anamarli ^a   Maciel Jr , Jayme Antunes ^b   De Souza Queiroz, Luciano ^b   Montenegro, Maria Augusta ^b   De Carvalho, Rita Barbosa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Neurocryptococcosis; Neurocysticercosis; Pregnancy; Pseudocysts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033181966     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000400023     Document Type: Article

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