October 2003: A 59-year-old woman with sudden onset of diplopia

Brain Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-226

  Medina Flores, Rafael ^a   Germanwala, Anand ^a   Molina, J Thomas ^a   Meltzer, Carolyn C ^a   Wiley, Clayton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CORNEA REFLEX; DIPLOPIA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; RHOMBENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 2442645129     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2004.tb00100.x     Document Type: Article

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