Primary central nervous system lymphoma can be histologically diagnosed after previous corticosteroid use: A pilot study to determine whether corticosteroids prevent the diagnosis of primary central nervous system lymphoma

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 662-667

  Porter, Alyx B ^a,b   Giannini, Caterina ^a   Kaufmann, Timothy ^a   Lucchinetti, Claudia F ^a   Wu, Wenting ^a   Decker, Paul A ^a   Atkinson, John L D ^a   O'Neill, Brian Patrick ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44849140761     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21366     Document Type: Article

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