Acute multifocal CNS demyelination as first presentation of systemic malignancy

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 166-

  Gonzales, Nicole ^c   Jarboe, Elke ^a   Kleinschmidt DeMasters, B K ^a   Bosque, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN STEM; DEMYELINATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, CNS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PARALYSIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 22044451105     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000167610.43124.79     Document Type: Article

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