Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis presenting as an intraventricular mass [1]

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-103

  Kumar, G Samson Sujit ^a   Dugar, Manish ^a   Chacko, Geeta ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ADULT; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 33646733870     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.25139     Document Type: Letter

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