Cerebrospinal fluid ferritin in HIV infected patients with acute neurological episodes

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-183

  Deisenhammer, F ^a   Miller, R F ^a   Brink, N S ^a   Harrison, M J G ^a   Thompson, E J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cerebrospinal fluid; Ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79959965446     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.3.181     Document Type: Article

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