Facial nerve paralysis and paraplegia as presenting symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 86-88

  Eser, Bulent ^a,b   Cetin, Mustafa ^a   Kontas, Olgun ^b   Unal, Ali ^a   Er, Ozlem ^a   Coskun, Hasan Senol ^a   Altinbas, Mustafa ^a  

^a Department of Hematology Oncology ^*  (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Facial nerve; Granulocytic sarcoma; Paraplegia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035071845     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hye013     Document Type: Article

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