Prostatic meningeal carcinomatosis presenting as delirium tremens

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 866, 1997, Pages 810-812

  Rubins, Jeffrey B ^a,c   Guzman Paz, Manuel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Leuprolide; Meningeal carcinomatosis; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030656279     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.73.866.810     Document Type: Article

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