Multiple myeloma involving the central nervous system: A report of two cases with unusual manifestations

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 737-741

  Pontikoglou, Charalampos ^a   Fragos, Constantine ^a   Kolyvaki, Eleftheria ^a   Samonis, George ^a   Eliopoulos, George D ^a   Papadaki, Helen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Diabetes insipidus; Hydrocephalus; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DESMOPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; THYROXINE; VALPROIC ACID; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA;

EID: 20144378942     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190500032661     Document Type: Article

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