Brain biopsy in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Diagnostic value, clinical performance, and survival time

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2590-2596

  Hornef, Mathias W ^a,b   Iten, Anne ^a   Maeder, Philippe ^a   Villemure, Jean Guy ^a   Regli, Luca ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0033596084     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.21.2590     Document Type: Article

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