Unpleasant sweet taste: A symptom of SIADH caused by lung cancer

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 405-406

  Nakazato, Yoshihiko ^a   Imai, K ^a   Abe, T ^a   Tamura, N ^a   Shimazu, K ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SWEETNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

EID: 33644539221     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.073726     Document Type: Article

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