September 2004: A 6-year-old girl with headache and stiff neck

Brain Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-95

  Li, Qing ^a   Yang, Xiao He ^a   Qian, Jiang ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZITHROMYCIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN; PENTAMIDINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ABSCESS; AMOEBA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NECK; NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 13544277670     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2005.tb00109.x     Document Type: Article

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