Clinical reasoning: A 35-year-old man with a right hemiplegia and a cerebral mass

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Moretta, G ^a   Pettinicchi, J P ^a   Talarico, M E ^a   Lopez, P A ^a   Cerrato, S ^a   Balbuena, M E ^a   Poderoso, J J ^a   Mazzocchi, O ^a   Dal Verme, A ^a   Menghi, C ^a   Arcavi, M ^a   Grecco, M P ^a   Ferreiro, J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOSE; LAMOTRIGINE; NIFURTIMOX;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GIEMSA STAIN; HEMIPLEGIA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE STATUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 69449088528     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b56d9e     Document Type: Article

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