An algorithmic approach to intracranial mass lesions in HIV/AIDS

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 271-276

  Smego Jr , Raymond A ^a,c   Orlovic, Dragana ^b   Wadula, Jeanette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Sizwe Tropical Diseases Hospital   (South Africa)

^c OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Diagnostic algorithm; HIV AIDS; Intracranial mass lesions; Opportunistic infections

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMA;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33645549965     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206776253390     Document Type: Article

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