Screening CT of the brain determined by CD4 count in HIV-positive patients presenting with headache

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 451-454

  Graham III, Cole Blease ^a,b   Wippold II, Franz J ^a   Pilgram, Thomas K ^a   Fisher, Evelyn J ^b   Smoker, Wendy R K ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034064554     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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