Encephalopathy in a patient with previous malignancy but normal brain imaging

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-

  McGuigan, Christopher ^a   Bigham, S ^a   Johnston, D ^a   Hart, P E ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURISTATIN PE; CARBOPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22044440208     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000167540.89219.ac     Document Type: Article

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