Intracranial tuberculoma in a liver transplant patient: First reported case and review of the literature

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-93

  Henderson, Corey ^a   Meyers, Burt ^a   Gultekin, S Humayun ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Zhang, David Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial tuberculoma; Orthotopic liver transplant; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ISONIAZID; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOMA;

AGED; BRAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0037223497     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.30117.x     Document Type: Article

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