Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis and seminoma: Importance of testicular ultrasonography

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1504-1507

  Wingerchuk, Dean M ^a   Noseworthy, John H ^a   Kimmel, David W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031744315     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1504     Document Type: Article

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