Central pontine myelinolysis complicating treatment of multicentric Castleman's disease and Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with AIDS

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-184

  Apoola, A ^a   Ross, J ^a   Duddy, M J ^b   Mudaliar, V ^c   Jones, E L ^c   Huengsberg, M ^a   Miller, R F ^d  

^a Whittall Street Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STAVUDINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFUSION; COOMBS TEST; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPHASIA; ENZYME ASSAY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED COMPLEX; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038650927     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.3.179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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