Whipple's disease confined to the brain. A clinical case with pathological confirmation at necropsy;Enfermedad de Whipple cerebral. Un caso clínico con confirmación histológica necrópsica

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-198

  Posada, I J ^a   Ferreiro Sieiro, A ^a   Lopez Valdes E ^a   Cabello, A ^a   Bermejo Pareja, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN LIPODYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPODYSTROPHY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOMNOLENCE; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

EID: 1342333374     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3802.2003335     Document Type: Article

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