Cytomegalovirus polyradiculopathy: A rare neurological manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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Cytomegalovirus polyradiculopathy: a rare neurological manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Sir, Polyradiculopathy is a rare but potentially devastating syndrome more common in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) is most commonly implicated, the differential diagnosis includes tuberculosis, syphilis, and lymphoma. We admitted a 36-year-old army truck driver from Haryana, India, HIV-positive since May 2004, with ascending, asymmetric flaccid parapl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology India
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0028-3886
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.44826