A case of leptomeningeal metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for carcinoembryonic antigen

Lung Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-156

  Fujita, Jiro ^a   Ueda, Yutaka ^a   Bandoh, Shuji ^a   Namihira, Hiroyoshi ^a   Ishii, Tomoya ^a   Takahara, Jiro ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen; Leptomeningeal metastasis; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTOMENINX; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032465428     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(98)00074-9     Document Type: Article

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