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Neurological picture
Ventriculitis and hydrocephalus: an unusual presentation of toxoplasmosis in an adult with human immunodeficiency virus
  1. T de Silva1,
  2. M Raychaudhuri1,
  3. M Poulton1,
  4. A Achar2,
  5. T Hampton3
  1. 1The Caldecot Centre, King’s Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
  2. 2Department of Neurology, King’s College Hospital
  3. 3Department of Neuroradiology, King’s College Hospital
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr M Poulton
 Consultant in HIV Medicine, The Caldecot Centre, King’s Healthcare NHS Trust, 15–22 Caldecot Road, London SE5 9RS, UK; Mary.Poultonkingsch.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2004.055418

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