Neurobrucellosis

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 927-937

  Kizilkilic, Osman ^a   Calli, Cem ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Neurobrucellosis; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROBRUCELLOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRUCELLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 82455219271     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2011.07.008     Document Type: Review

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