MRI findings of cerebral cryptococcosis in immunocompetent patients

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Chen, Shaoqiong ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^a   Zhang, Zhigang ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Kuang, Sichi ^a   Luo, Xiao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cerebral cryptococcosis; immunocompetent; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; GADOLINIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBRAL CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHOROIDITIS; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTRACRANIAL CRYPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; REVIEW;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952609459     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02229.x     Document Type: Review

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