Carcinomatous encephalitis;Encefalitis carcinomatosa

Medicina

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 518-520

  Sanchez, Flavio ^a   Zylberman, Marcelo ^a   Kozima, Shigeru ^a   Tossen, Gabriela ^a   Larrañaga, Nebil ^a   Chacon, Reinaldo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ALEXANDER FLEMING   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Carcinomatous encephalitis; Central nervous system

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 12344279833     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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