MRI features of toxoplasma encephalitis in the immunocomponent host: A report of two cases

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 834-838

  Vastava, P B ^a   Pradhan, S ^a   Jha, S ^a   Prasad, K N ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Gupta, R K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0036944639     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0852-5     Document Type: Article

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