Aggressive multiple myeloma with brain involvement in a young patient

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-180

  Chen, Chih Cheng ^a,b   Gau, Jyh Pyng ^a,b   Ho, Chao Hung ^a,b   Lin, Jeong Shi ^a,b   Chiou, Hong Jen ^a,b   Lirng, Jiing Feng ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain; Multiple myeloma; Plasmacytoma

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGE; ALLOGRAFT; BONE CANCER; BONE MARROW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; PLASMACYTOMA; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMACYTOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038540391     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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