Orchiectomy for suspected microscopic tumor in patients with anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 900-905

  Mathew, R M ^a   Vandenberghe, R ^b   Garcia Merino, A ^c   Yamamoto, T ^d   Landolfi, J C ^e   Rosenfeld, M R ^a   Rossi, J E ^a   Thiessen, B ^f   Dropcho, E J ^g   Dalmau, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MA2 ANTIBODY; OCT4 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FIBROSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOSPERMATOGENESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TESTICULAR ENLARGEMENT; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 34147134976     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252379.81933.80     Document Type: Article

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