Nonfluent aphasia in a patient with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 601-603

  Donix, Markus ^a   Beuthien Baumann, Bettina ^a   von Kummer, Rüdiger ^a   Gahn, Georg ^a   Thomas, Fatima ^a   Holthoff, Vjera ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bing Neel syndrome; Neuropsychology; Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOLOGY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

APHASIA, BROCA; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 34047263639     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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