Safety and diagnostic value of brain biopsy in HIV patients: a case series and meta-analysis of 1209 patients

Ashley M Lee; Harrison X Bai; Yingjie Zou; Dongxu Qiu; Jianhua Zhou; Maria Martinez-Lage Alvarez; Paul Zhang; Yongguang Tao; Xiangqi Tang; Bo Xiao; Li Yang

doi:10.1136/jnnp-2015-312037

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Safety and diagnostic value of brain biopsy in HIV patients: a case series and meta-analysis of 1209 patients

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Ashley M Lee Department of Neurology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Harrison X Bai Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yingjie Zou Department of Neurology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dongxu Qiu Department of Neurology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jianhua Zhou Department of Pathology, The First Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria Martinez-Lage Alvarez Department of Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul Zhang Department of Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yongguang Tao Cancer Research Institute of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xiangqi Tang Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bo Xiao Department of Neurology, The First Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Li Yang Department of Neurology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Li Yang, Department of Neurology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha 410011, Hunan, People's Republic of China; yangli762{at}gmail.com Dr Bo Xiao, The first Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People' Republic of China; xiaobo1962xy{at}163.com

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Lee AM, Bai HX, Zou Y, et al

Safety and diagnostic value of brain biopsy in HIV patients: a case series and meta-analysis of 1209 patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2016;87:722-733.

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Received August 16, 2015
Revised October 28, 2015
Accepted December 2, 2015
First published January 12, 2016.

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