Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome associated with an anterior mediastinal small cell carcinoma

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1005-1006

  Oyaizu, Takeshi ^a   Okada, Yoshinori ^a   Sagawa, Motoyasu ^a   Yamakawa, Kazuo ^b   Kuroda, Hiroshi ^b   Fujihara, Kazuo ^b   Itoyama, Yasuto ^b   Tanita, Tatsuo ^a   Motomura, Masakatsu ^c   Kondo, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STERNOTOMY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035353690     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.111645     Document Type: Article

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