MRI demonstration of intracerebral cryptococcal granuloma

Neuroradiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-33

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

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granuloma cryptococcal; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0033998517     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050006     Document Type: Article

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