Cerebellar aspergillosis in an infant: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Mohindra, Sandeep ^a   Gupta, Rahul ^a   Mohindra, Satyawati ^a   Gupta, Sunil Kumar ^a   Vaiphei, Kim ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Cerebellum; Immunocompetent; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS;

EID: 33747204644     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000197485.40244.A8     Document Type: Article

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