Paraneoplastic demyelinating disorder in the brain of a patient with seminoma

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 136-138

  Wong, Kenneth ^a   Poon, Peter ^a   Berry, Kenneth ^b   Coppin, Chris ^a   Kostashuk, Edmund ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR;

EID: 0031910990     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199801000-00026     Document Type: Article

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