Multiple paraneoplastic diseases associated with thymoma

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 601-603

  Evoli, A ^a   Lo Monaco, M ^a   Marra, R ^a   Lino, M M ^a   Batocchi, A P ^a   Tonali, P A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Limbic encephalitis; Morvan's fibrillary chorea; Myasthenia gravis; Neuromyotonia; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOKYMIA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; ISAACS SYNDROME; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032719488     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(99)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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