Ischemic stroke complicated by a brain abscess: A case report and review and review of the literature

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-54

  Emmez, Hakan ^a   Börcek, Alp Özgün ^a   Doǧulu, Fikret ^a   Çeviker, Necdet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cerebral infarction; Cerebrovascular accident; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35848938911     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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