Immune reconstitution syndrome presenting with cerebral varicella zoster vasculitis in HIV-1-infected patient: A case report

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 157-160

  Patel, Atul K ^a   Patel, Ketan K ^a   Shah, Shalin D ^b   Desai, Joy ^c  

^a Vedanta Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b Jivraj Mehta Hospital   (India)

^c JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; immune reconstitution syndrome; magnetic resonance imaging; varicella encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; HERPES ZOSTER; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; HERPES ZOSTER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 39049177881     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109706294853     Document Type: Article

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