Tumefactive demyelination - An unusual neurological presentation of HIV

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1217-1220

  Uriel, Alison ^a   Stow, Rachael ^a   Johnson, Leann ^a   Varma, Anoop ^b   Du Plessis, Daniel ^b   Gray, Francois ^c   Herwadkar, Amit ^b   Holland, Jeremy ^b   Lewthwaite, Penny ^a   Wilkins, Ed ^a  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; DARUNAVIR; DEXAMETHASONE; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE; STEROID; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEMYELINATION; DETERIORATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOCAL BRAIN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUMEFACTIVE DEMYELINATION;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEROIDS;

EID: 78349239715     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656812     Document Type: Article

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