Nervous system dysfunction in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia: Response to treatment

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1210-1213

  Rudnicki, Stacy A ^a,c   Harik, S I ^a   Dhodapkar, M ^a   Barlogie, B ^a   Eidelberg, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEVODOPA; MELPHALAN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CELL CLONE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAMMOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACROGLOBULINEMIA; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERTHES DISEASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031693862     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.4.1210     Document Type: Article

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