Presentation and outcome of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in patients with diabetes

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 949, 2004, Pages 670-674

  Bhansali, Anil ^a   Bhadada, S ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Suresh, V ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Singh, P ^a   Chakarbarti, A ^a   Dash, R J ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; ETHMOID SINUS; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; NECROSIS; NOSE SECRETION; NOSE ULCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PALATE DISEASE; RHINO ORBITAL CEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; SINUSITIS; SURVIVAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASES; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 9144265814     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.016030     Document Type: Article

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