Multiple myeloma presenting with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: Causal or chance link?

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1893-1894

  Sheng, B ^a   Mak, V W M ^a   Lee, H K K ^a   Li, H L ^a   Lee, I P O ^a   Wong, S ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FAST BLUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; MELPHALAN; PREDNISOLONE; THALIDOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APHASIA; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEXAMETHASONE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 33845406087     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000244469.26356.45     Document Type: Article

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