Pseudotumor cerebri manifesting as a symptom of acute promyelocytic leukemia

Pediatrics International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-99

  Saitoh, Shigeko ^a   Momoi, Mariko Y ^a   Gunji, Yuji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukemia; Intracranial hypertension; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTARABINE; GABEXATE MESILATE; GLYCEROL; HEPARIN; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI;

EID: 0034006487     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2000.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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