Fatal subacute cytomegalovirus encephalitis associated with hypogammaglobulinemia and thymoma

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Cucchiara, Brett L ^a   Forman, Mark S ^a   McGarvey, Michael L ^a   Kasner, Scott E ^a   King, David ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYMOMA;

EID: 0037308843     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.2.223     Document Type: Article

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