Central nervous system paracoccidioidomycosis: Imaging findings in 17 cases

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-17

  Gasparetto, Emerson L ^a,b   Liu, Christian B ^a   De Carvalho Neto, Arnolfo ^a   Rogacheski, Ênio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b University of Paraná ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Computed tomography; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CLINICAL DATA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; MEAN AGES; MEDICAL RECORD; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

EID: 0037260319     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200301000-00003     Document Type: Article

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