Mesencephalic tuberculous abcess in a patient with aids

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 2 A, 2008, Pages 259-260

  Araújo Filho, Stélio Da Conceição ^a   Maia, Laerte ^a   Da Silva, Harley Brito ^a   De Almeida, João Paulo Cavalcante ^b,c   De Albuquerque, Lucas Alverne Freitas ^b  

^a Memorial Batista Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE; RIFATER; SULFADIAZINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 45849098235     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000200026     Document Type: Article

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