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vallia
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05/20/06 - 09:14 AM

A leukemia patient who has undergone multiple courses of chemotherapy
develops herpes simplex encephalitis. Which of the following would you
expect a CT scan of the patient's brain to show?
A. Generalized volume loss
B. Volume loss selectively in the basal ganglia
C. Volume loss selectively in the brainstem
D. Volume loss selectively in the cerebellum
E. Volume loss selectively in the temporal and frontal lobes

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robin082006
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05/20/06 - 09:44 AM

E?

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vanshita
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05/20/06 - 10:27 AM

Ashley84
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05/21/06 - 07:19 AM

E, sure

vallia
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05/21/06 - 01:06 PM

yes . E

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05/22/06 - 11:06 AM

truedeam59
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05/26/06 - 05:09 PM

Why E. I can't see the connection

Ms.Apara
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05/28/06 - 02:04 AM

virus enters the CNS by neurotropic spread from periphery via middle cranial fossa or olfactory bulb

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05/29/06 - 08:44 AM

E

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