Assessing the chronic neuropsychologic sequelae of human immunodeficiency virus-negative cryptococcal meningitis by using diffusion tensor imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1333-1339

  Lu, C H ^a,b   Chen, H L ^a,c   Chang, W N ^a   Tsai, N W ^a   Wang, H C ^a   Yang, T M ^a   Lin, Y J ^a   Lin, C P ^c   Chen, C C ^a   Cheng, B C ^a   Lin, Wei Che ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051976960     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2489     Document Type: Article

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