Toxoplasma granuloma of brainstem: A rare case

Neurology India

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-191

  Gupta, Anurag ^a   Raja, A ^a   Mahadevan, A ^b   Shankar, S ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cranial nerve palsies; Immunocompetent; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOXOPLASMA GRANULOMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RARE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 47949098746     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.42000     Document Type: Article

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