Intracranial mass lesions in HIV/AIDS patients from developing countries endemic for neurocysticercosis [1]

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-145

  Lattuada, Emanuela ^a,b   Lanzafame, M ^a   Concia, E ^a   Vento, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; LAMIVUDINE; MEBENDAZOLE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AFRICA; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS;

EID: 33847176573     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207779949754     Document Type: Letter

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