MR imaging findings in African trypansomiasis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1383-1385

  Gill, Danny S ^b   Chatha, Deep S ^b   Del Carpio O'Donovan, Raquel ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CANADA; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0042473325     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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