Neuroleukemiosis: Case report of leukemic nerve infiltration in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1196-1200

  Aregawi, Dawit G ^a   Sherman, Jonathan H ^a   Douvas, Michael G ^a   Burns, Ted M ^a   Schiff, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Neurolvmphomatosis; Peripheral nerve; PET

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REACTION TIME;

EID: 51349096483     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21089     Document Type: Article

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