Rapidly expanding brain mass

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-213

  Gene, A H ^a   Gardner, P A ^b   Couce Matovelle, M E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Amebic encephalitis; Granulomatous encephalitis; Immunosuppression; Skin lesion; Transplant

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GARDNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34547759220     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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