Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis presenting as acute viral encephalitis

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-232

  Kararizou, E ^a   Markou, I ^b   Zalonis, I ^a   Gkiatas, K ^b   Triantafyllou, N ^a   Kararizos, G ^b   Likomanos, D ^b   Zambelis, T ^a   Vassilopoulos, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Neurological Clinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Herpes simplex; Limbic; Paraneoplastic; Renal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; ENOXAPARIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEVER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PARESIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACYCLOVIR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENOXAPARIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENYTOIN; RIFAMPIN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 29244470221     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-3671-9     Document Type: Article

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