Parkinsonism in a Patient with AIDS

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1006-1007

  Hirose, Genjiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

parkinsonism; Parkinson s disease; toxoplasmosis acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIROLOGY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE, POSTENCEPHALITIC; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0034577414     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.1006     Document Type: Article

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