Diffusion-weighted imaging of fungal cerebral infection

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1115-1121

  Gaviani, Paola ^a   Schwartz, Richard B ^b,c   Hedley Whyte, E Tessa ^a,c   Ligon, Keith L ^b,c   Robicsek, Ari ^a   Schaefer, Pamela ^a,c   Henson, John W ^a,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUTROPENIA; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHIZOPUS; SCEDOSPORIUM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33244483487     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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