Subthalamic nucleus tumor causing hyperphagia - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 457-460

  Barutca, Sabri ^a   Turgut, Mehmet ^a   Meydan, Nezih ^a   Ozsunar, Yelda ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hyperphagia; Metastasis; Subthalamic nucleus tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0141986557     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.457     Document Type: Article

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