Toxoplasma encephalitis in a patient receiving cyclosporine monotherapy for Behçet disease

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-110

  Nakamura, Masashi ^a   Nagai, Makiko ^a   Shiga, Yusei ^a   Aoki, Masashi ^a   Abe, Toshiaki ^a   Kaku, Mitsuo ^a   Yano, Akihiko ^b   Itoyama, Yasuto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti toxoplasma specific protein antibody; Beh et disease; Cyclosporine; Toxoplasma encephalitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CYCLOSPORINE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 15744366638     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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