Differential diagnosis of stroke in a setting of high HIV prevalence in blantyre, Malawi

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 960-964

  Kumwenda, J J ^a   Mateyu, G ^a   Kampondeni, S ^b   Van Dam, A P ^c   Van Lieshout, L ^c   Zijlstra, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HIV; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STROKE; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18244408513     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000162585.97216.ef     Document Type: Article

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