MRI of a cerebral cryptococcal granuloma

Neuroradiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 441-443

  Kamezawa, T ^a   Shimozuru, T ^a   Niiro, M ^a   Nagata, S ^a   Kuratsu, J ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Granuloma, cerebral; Magnetic resonance imaging, pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0033921282     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340000321     Document Type: Article

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