Haemorrhagic acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: An unusual case of blindness in an HIV-infected patient

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 495-497

  Raychaudhuri, Malini ^a,b   De Silva, Thushan ^a   Connor, Stephen ^a   Poulton, Mary ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiff Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Blindness; Demyelination; HIV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SEROCONVERSION; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33745880088     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206777689125     Document Type: Article

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