An unusual case of headache

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 612-616

  Wang, Victor Sheng Hung ^a,b   Tuch, Phil ^a   Wang, Christina C K ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carcinomatous meningitis; Elevated intracranial pressure; Headache

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DEXAMETHASONE; FOTEMUSTINE; PHENYTOIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141447293     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00159-0     Document Type: Article

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