Facial Palsy as First Presentation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 200-201

  Sood, Bhrigu Raj ^a,b   Sharma, Brij ^a   Kumar, Satish ^a   Gupta, Dalip ^a   Sharma, Ashok ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Kailash Bhawan   (India)

Author keywords

Acute myeloblastic leukemia; Chloroma; Granulocytic sarcoma; Myeloblastoma; Parotid; Seventh cranial nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHLOROMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYELOBLAST; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MONOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC;

EID: 0242361656     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10406     Document Type: Article

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