Mental numbness as the initial manifestation of systemic cancer;Hipoestesia mentoniana como manifestación inicial de cáncer sistémico

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 480-482

  Montero Pérez, F Javier ^a,b   Maira Gonzalez N ^a   Oria Pino, A ^a   Luna Morales, S ^a   Cosano Santiago, J M ^a   Del Campo Vazquez P ^a  

^a Centro de Salud El Higuerón   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case report; Mental neuropathy; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IBUPROFEN;

AGED; CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL NEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHY; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

AGED; CHIN; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 0142105474     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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