Case 2. Wernicke's encephalopathy: An unusual acute neurologic complication of lymphoma and its therapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4020-4022

  Turner, J Eric ^a   Alley, John G ^a   Sharpless, Norman E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; THIAMINE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHOP PROTOCOL, MODIFIED; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISONE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VINCRISTINE; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 23144443157     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.12.020     Document Type: Article

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