Diffuse cortical lesions with hemorrhage in cerebral Whipple's disease

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-87

  Wu, Liyong ^a   Wang, Xiangbo ^a   Wei, Hua ^a   Li, Cunjiang ^a   Jia, Jianping ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diffuse brain lesions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; PREDNISONE; SULFADIAZINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHINESE; CRANIOTOMY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 37249080132     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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