Cancer-associated retinopathy during treatment for small-cell lung carcinoma

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 597-601

  Kashiwabara, Kosuke ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Kishi, Koji ^b   Yagyu, Hisanaga ^b   Sarashina, Gen ^b   Kobayashi, Katsuyuki ^b   Matsuoka, Takeshi ^b  

^a Taragi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer associated retinopathy (CAR) antigen; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Prednisolone; Recoverin; Retinal degeneration; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETOPOSIDE; EYE PROTEIN; HIPPOCALCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIPOPROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; RCV1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RECOVERIN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA DISEASE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ETOPOSIDE; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HIPPOCALCIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIPOPROTEINS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RECOVERIN; RETINAL DISEASES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033160678     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.597     Document Type: Article

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