Chronic myeloid leukemia presenting as paraneoplastic ocular myasthenia gravis [3]

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 804-805

  Kumar, P ^a   Jain, P ^a   Menon, H ^a   Purvish, P ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; IMATINIB; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIPLOPIA; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; WEAKNESS;

BLEPHAROPTOSIS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 34047148935     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm010     Document Type: Letter

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