Cryptococcal meningitis unmasking idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia [5]

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-314

  Jha, Sanjeev ^a   Ghosh, Parasar ^a   Agarwal, Vikas ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CARBAMAZEPINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CLOBAZAM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIAN INK;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 35048858268     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.35700     Document Type: Letter

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