Neurotoxoplasmosis and aids cerebrospinal, fluid analysis in 96 patients: estudo do líquido cefalorraqueano em 96 pacientes
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Neurotoxoplasmosis and AIDS. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in 96 patients.
The behavior of CSF inflammatory pattern in patients with AIDS and/or toxoplasmosis of the CNS is studied in 176 patients, divided in three groups. In the first group, 96 patients with toxoplasmosis and AIDS are considered; in the second group, 50 patients with toxoplasmosis without AIDS; in the third group, 30 AIDS patients without toxoplasmosis nor any other opportunistic infection. It is pos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1992000400013