Acute/subacute cerebral infarction (ASCI) in HIV-negative adults with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM): A MRI-based follow-up study and a clinical comparison to HIV-negative CM adults without ASCI

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chen, Shu Fang ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a   Lui, Chun Chung ^a   Huang, Chi Ren ^a   Chuang, Yao Chung ^a   Tan, Teng Yeow ^a   Tsai, Nai Wen ^a   Chang, Chiung Chih ^a   Tsai, Wan Chen ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SUBACUTE CEREBRAL INFARCTION; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78951486030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-12     Document Type: Article

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