Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases
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Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases
Toxoplasmosis is the most common opportunistic infection of the central nervous system in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Clinical presentation of cerebral toxoplasmosis in these patients includes headache, focal neurological deficits and seizures. Prompt diagnosis and appropriate therapy results in rapid clinical and radiological improvement as well as good outcome for...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1664-5456
DOI: 10.1159/000375180