A tumor in the medulla oblongata producing beta-HCG and AFP

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 709-711

  Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Ikeda, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germ cell tumor; Medulla oblongata; Radiotherapy; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATAXIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOARSENESS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINDANE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23944494860     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.05.023     Document Type: Article

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