Granulomatous diseases of the central nervous system

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-187

  Da Rocha, Antonio José ^a,b   Martins Maia Jr , Antonio Carlos ^b   Fortes Ferreira, Nelson Paes Diniz ^c   Faria Do Amaral, Lázaro Luís ^c  

^a Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^b Fleury   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL BENEFICÊNCIA PORTUGUESA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CNS infections; Granulomatous diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMOEBA; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRUCELLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYME DISEASE; MALARIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NEUROSYPHILIS; NOCARDIOSIS; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33644841865     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rmr.0000189109.62899.a1     Document Type: Review

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