Gliomatosis cerebri presenting as rapidly progressive dementia and parkinsonism in an elderly woman: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Duron, Emmanuelle ^a   Lazareth, Anne ^a   Gaubert, Jean Yves ^a   Raso, Carole ^a   Hanon, Olivier ^a   Rigaud, Anne Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDESARTAN; GALANTAMINE; LEVODOPA;

AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GLIOMATOSIS CEREBRI; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEUROIMAGING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RIGIDITY; SEPSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL LOBE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 45249086822     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-53     Document Type: Article

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