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Cryptococcal Choroid Plexitis an Uncommon Fungal Disease. Case Report and Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Cárdenas Hernández Graciela Agar ,
Vega Orozco Rosalba ,
Castro Macias Ivan ,
Fleury Agnes ,
Gómez Amador Juan Luis  and
Soto Hernández José Luis
Cárdenas Hernández Graciela Agar*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroinfectology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Insurgentes sur 3877, CP 14269, México City, México
Vega Orozco Rosalba
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropathology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Insurgentes sur 3877, CP 14269, México City, México
Castro Macias Ivan
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Insurgentes sur 3877, CP 14269, México City, México
Fleury Agnes
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Insurgentes sur 3877, CP 14269, México City, México
Gómez Amador Juan Luis
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Insurgentes sur 3877, CP 14269, México City, México
Soto Hernández José Luis
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroinfectology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Insurgentes sur 3877, CP 14269, México City, México
*
Instituto Nacional de Neurologíy Neurocirugí Department of Neuroinfectology, Insurgentes sur 3877, CP 14269, México City, México.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 117 - 122
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