Reversible dementia and corresponding CSF alterations due to intraspinal lumbosacral metastasis of a prostate carcinoma

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1400-1402

  Winkler, F ^a   Gschwendtner, A ^a   Theisen, D ^a   Peraud, A ^a   Straube, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Dementia; Prostate carcinoma; Prostate specific antigen; Reversible dementia; Spinal cord neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SPINE METASTASIS;

AGED; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CARCINOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TAU PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 36249003279     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01968.x     Document Type: Article

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