Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Archive of Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-73

  Semnic, Marija ^a   Jovanović, Darjana ^b   Petrović, Dragana ^b   Nad, Ilinka ^b   Semnic, Robert ^b  

^a Clinical Center Novi Sad   (Yugoslavia)

^b Institute of Oncology Sremska Kamenica   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Limbic Encephalitis; Lymphoma; Non Hodgkin

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; RARE DISEASE;

EID: 4844219762     PISSN: 03547310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/AOO0401071S     Document Type: Article

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