The difficulties of diagnosing neuromuscular complications

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-286

  Mammen, Andrew L ^a   Chaudhry, Vinay ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BORTEZOMIB; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PYRIDOXINE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NERVE INJURY; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 23844553251     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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