HIV/AIDS patients with HIV vasculopathy and VZV vasculitis: A case series

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-151

  Gutierrez, J ^a,b   Ortiz, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Immunosuppression; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS ARTERITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VASCULITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81755171976     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: 16156706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-011-0087-0     Document Type: Article

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