Brain abscess and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 618-625

  Sell, Bevin ^a,b   Evans, James ^b   Horn, David ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Brain abscess; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Osler Weber Rendu disease; Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DRAINAGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 45149092060     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318172f716     Document Type: Article

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