Usefulness of neuro-imaging for the diagnosis of HIV encephalopathy in children

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 8 I, 2004, Pages 628-630

  Kieck, Jackie ^a   Andronikou, Savvas ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4444296942     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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