Oligodendroglioma in a patient with AIDS: Case report and review of the literature

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 195-197

  Corti, Marcelo E ^a,d   Yampolsky, Claudio ^a   Metta, Humberto ^a   Valerga, Mario ^a   Sevlever, Gustave ^b   Capizzano, Andrés ^c  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^b FLENI   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^d NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; AIDS; Focal brain mass; Oligodendroglioma

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CHOLINE; EFAVIRENZ; FOLINIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LAMIVUDINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 4544301230     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652004000400004     Document Type: Article

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