Hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as nervous system involvement

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 408-412

  Chen, S F ^a   Tsai, N W ^a   Lui, C C ^a   Lu, C H ^a   Huang, C R ^a   Chuang, Y C ^a   Cheng, Y F ^a   Kuo, C H ^a   Chang, W N ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Nervous system involvement

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METASTASIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; THORACIC SPINE; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947605337     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01681.x     Document Type: Article

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