Multifocal polyradiculoneuropathy and carcinoma of the thymus

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-67

  Ohtake, Toshiyuki ^a   Nishimura, Masaki ^a   Oda, Masaya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaplastic carcinoma of the thymus; Carcinomatous neuropathy; Multifocal and multiphasic degeneration

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS CANCER;

AGED; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032868846     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00166-5     Document Type: Article

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