Brain abscess: A need to screen for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 76-78

  Gallitelli, Mauro ^a   Lepore, Vito ^a   Pasculli, Giovanna ^a   Di Gennaro, Leonardo ^a   Logroscino, Giancarlo ^b   Carella, Aristide ^a   White, Robert Ingersoll ^c   Sabbà, Carlo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SEX FACTORS; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 10844242854     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081053     Document Type: Article

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