Fasciculations, autonomic symptoms and limbic encephalitis: A thymoma-associated Morvan's-like syndrome [9]

European Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-237

  Deymeer, Feza ^a   Akca, Sukriye ^a   Kocaman, Gulsen ^a   Parman, Yesim ^a   Serdaroglu, Piraye ^a   Oktem Tanor, Oget ^a   Coban, Oguzhan ^a   Vincent, Angela ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THYMOMA; VERBAL MEMORY;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FASCICULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYRINGOMYELIA; THYMOMA;

EID: 31744447624     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090719     Document Type: Letter

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