Toxoplasma gondii myelitis in a patient with adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1107-1109

  Maciel, Elves ^a   Siqueira, Isadora ^a   Queiroz, Aristides Cheto ^a   Melo, Ailton ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

HTLV I; Immunosupression; Myelitis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0034577069     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2000000600019     Document Type: Article

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