Time course of cerebral hemodynamics in cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-negative adults

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 770-776

  Chang, W N ^a,b   Lu, C H ^b   Chang, H W ^c   Lui, C C ^b   Tsai, N W ^b   Huang, C R ^b   Wang, H C ^b   Chuang, Y C ^b   Chen, S F ^b   Chang, C C ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemodynamics; Magnetic resonance angiography; Transcranial color coded sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34347366334     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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