An unusual case of stroke

Neurologist

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 229-232

  Rosario, Michael ^a   Song, Sarah Xianyuan ^b   McCullough, Louise D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus; MRI; stroke; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCYTOSINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONFUSION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGEAL BIOPSY; MENINX; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STROKE; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN; LISINOPRIL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREDNISONE; STROKE; THYROXINE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84863574279     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31825bbf4d     Document Type: Article

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