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Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy for Patients with AIDS Dementia Complex: Effect on MR Imaging Findings and Clinical Course
Majda M. Thurnher, Erwin G. Schindler, Siegfried A. Thurnher, Heidemarie Pernerstorfer-Schön, Christina Kleibl-Popov and Armin Rieger
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2000, 21 (4) 670-678;
Majda M. Thurnher
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (M.M.T., E.G.S., S.A.T.) and Dermatology (H.P-S., C.K-P., A.R.), University of Vienna, Austria.
Erwin G. Schindler
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (M.M.T., E.G.S., S.A.T.) and Dermatology (H.P-S., C.K-P., A.R.), University of Vienna, Austria.
Siegfried A. Thurnher
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (M.M.T., E.G.S., S.A.T.) and Dermatology (H.P-S., C.K-P., A.R.), University of Vienna, Austria.
Heidemarie Pernerstorfer-Schön
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (M.M.T., E.G.S., S.A.T.) and Dermatology (H.P-S., C.K-P., A.R.), University of Vienna, Austria.
Christina Kleibl-Popov
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (M.M.T., E.G.S., S.A.T.) and Dermatology (H.P-S., C.K-P., A.R.), University of Vienna, Austria.
Armin Rieger
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (M.M.T., E.G.S., S.A.T.) and Dermatology (H.P-S., C.K-P., A.R.), University of Vienna, Austria.

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Majda M. Thurnher, Erwin G. Schindler, Siegfried A. Thurnher, Heidemarie Pernerstorfer-Schön, Christina Kleibl-Popov, Armin Rieger
American Journal of Neuroradiology Apr 2000, 21 (4) 670-678;
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