Capecitabine-induced multifocal leukoencephalopathy: A report of five cases

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1792-1794

  Videnovic, A ^a   Semenov, I ^a   Chua Adajar, R ^a   Baddi, L ^a   Blumenthal, D T ^b   Beck, A C ^b   Simuni, T ^a   Futterer, S ^a   Gradishar, W ^a   Tellez, C ^a   Raizer, J J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; THIOTEPA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RIGIDITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOMNOLENCE; UNSTEADINESS; VERTIGO; BRAIN; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; DRUG EFFECT; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BRAIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33645051505     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000187313.83515.7e     Document Type: Article

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