Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis

Klinische Neuroradiologie

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 213-217

  Bisdas, Sotirios ^a   Lenarz, Minoo ^a   Lenarz, Thomas ^a   Becker, Hartmut ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungal infections; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nasopharynx; Orbit; Paranasal sinuses; Rhinocerebral mucormycosis; Suprasellar region

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 0344738584     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-003-4369-z     Document Type: Article

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