Cerebral mucormycosis: Proton MR spectroscopy and MR imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 915-920

  Siegal, Justin A ^a   Cacayorinb, Edwin D ^b   Nassif, A Sami ^b   Rizk, Donna ^b   Galambos, Csaba ^b   Levy, Beth ^b   Kennedy, Donald ^b   Visconti, J ^b   Perman, William ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungus; Immunosuppression; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS); Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; LACTIC ACID; LEUCINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PROTONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0033780185     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(00)00180-6     Document Type: Article

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