Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis resulting from non-Hodgkin-lymphoma: Two case reports;Paraneoplastische limbische enzephalitis als erstmanifestation eines malignen non Hodgkin lymphoms

Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Dögel, Daniela ^a,d   Beuing, O ^b   Koenigsmann, M ^c   Diete, S ^a  

^a Universitätsklinik Magdeburg

^b Institut für Neuroradiologie

^c Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case report; Chronic limbic encephalitis; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLURRED VISION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE REFLEX; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39149127539     PISSN: 07204299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-996171     Document Type: Article

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