Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with small cell carcinoma of the prostate

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 814-818

  Stern, Robert C ^a   Hulette, Christine M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar degeneration; Limbic encephalitis; Prostate; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BRAIN; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0032818439     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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