Brain biopsy in AIDS patients: diagnostic yield and treatment applications
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Brain biopsy in AIDS patients: diagnostic yield and treatment applications
OBJECTIVE Central nervous system involvement in AIDS patients can present at any stage of the disease. Brain lesions detected in imaging studies are usually treated empirically. A brain biopsy is indicated in the absence of clinical and radiologic improvement. In the present study, 16 AIDS patients underwent brain biopsy. We evaluated the diagnostic yield of the brain biopsy and the changes in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: AIDS Research and Therapy
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1742-6405
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-11-4