Intractable vomiting due to a brainstem lesion in the absence of neurological signs or raised intracranial pressure

Gut

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 875-877

  Mann, S D ^a   Danesh, B J ^b   Kamm, M A ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Magneticresonance imaging; Tumour; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0031863226     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.42.6.875     Document Type: Article

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