Mental neuropathy: Report of five cases and review of the literature

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-79

  Laurencet, France M ^a   Anchisi, S ^b   Tullen, E ^a   Dietrich, P Y ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Oncology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Literature review; Mental neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NEUROPATHY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SYNDROME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 0033998535     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-8428(00)00050-0     Document Type: Review

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