Fungal granuloma of the brain caused by Aspergillus in an adolescent boy with chronic granulomatous disease

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 733-734

  Turgut, Mehmet ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL GRANULOMA OF THE BRAIN; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS;

EID: 77954427362     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1149-3     Document Type: Letter

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