Intravascular lymphomatosis presenting with a conus medullaris syndrome mimicking disseminated encephalomyelitis

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-191

  Schwarz, Stefan ^a   Zoubaa, Saida ^a   Knauth, Michael ^a   Sommer, Clemens ^a   Storch Hagenlocher, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOMATOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STEREOTAXIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036660885     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/15228517-4-3-187     Document Type: Article

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