Spontaneous remission of primary central nervous system lymphoma: Report of 3 cases and discussion of pathophysiology

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-159

  Al Yamany, Mahmoud ^a   Lozano, Andres ^a   Nag, Sukriti ^a   Laperriere, Normand ^c   Bernstein, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Primary central nervous system lymphoma; Spontaneous remission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033065847     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006162615774     Document Type: Article

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