Serous adenocarcinoma of the uterus presenting as paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 326-330

  Johns, J Bram ^a   Odunsi, Kunle O ^b   Fleischman, S ^b   Azodi, Masoud ^b   Schwartz, Peter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032909079     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5324     Document Type: Article

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