A comparison of computed tomography and magnetic resonance brain imaging in HIV-positive patients with neurological symptoms

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-201

  Wilson, A J ^a,b   Sayer, R A ^a,b   Edwards, S G ^a,b   Cartledge, J D ^a,b   Miller, R F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brain; CT scan; HIV; Imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HEALTH CENTER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949417087     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009323     Document Type: Article

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