Cryptococcal meningitis and cerebral venous thrombosis in a sickle cell anemia patient

A 47-year-old woman diagnosed with sickle cell anemia and a vaso-occlusive crisis in the brain was admitted with fever, general malaise and headache, with transient episodes of disorientation. In her evolution, there was a motor defect in the right side, dysarthria and convulsive seizures refractory...

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Published in:	Acta médica del Centro : revista del Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico "Arnaldo Milián Castro" Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 121 - 132
Main Authors:	Isabel González Alemán, Claudia Roche Albernas, Betty Alonso Falcón, Grethel Dueñas Ramírez, Maylín Acosta Álvarez, Leonel Valdés Leiva, José Luis Rodríguez Monteagudo, Yilena Rodríguez Marrero, Agneris López Saserio, Rosa Oliday Ríos Jiménez, Eric González Fernández, Alexis Morales Valdera, José Ángel Carrazana Camacho, Juan Gutiérrez Ronquillo, Martha Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Spanish
Published:	Editorial Ciencias Médicas 01-10-2012
Subjects:	anemia de células falciformes meningitis criptococica trombosis intracraneal
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