Dentate nuclei involvement in AIDS patients with CNS cryptococcosis: Imaging findings with pathologic correlation

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-182

  Ruiz, Armando ^a   Donovan Post, M Judith ^a   Cunha Bundschu, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS; Brain, infection; Computed tomography; Cryptococcosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS; BRAIN, INFECTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT; CRYPTOCOCCOMA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYSTIC LESION; DENTATE NUCLEUS; PSEUDOCYST;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342618591     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199703000-00003     Document Type: Article

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