The numb chin syndrome: A critical sign for primary care physicians

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1347-1348

  Sweet, Jon M ^a,b  

^a Medical Education Department ^*

^b CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW; JAW RADIOGRAPHY; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; NUMB CHIN SYNDROME; PANCYTOPENIA; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SKULL IRRADIATION; SWEATING; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L2; MANDIBULAR NERVE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042549220     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.12.1347     Document Type: Note

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