Invasive aspergillosis of the brain: Improvement with lyposomal amphoterecin B and itraconazole [2]

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-310

  Pradhan, Sunil ^a   Yadav, Ramakant ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANASAL SINUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 35048903512     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.35697     Document Type: Letter

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