Case 35-2008: A 65-year-old man with confusion and memory loss

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2155-

  Daffner, Kirk R ^a,b   Sherman, Janet C ^a,b   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a,b   Hasserjian, Robert P ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DONEPEZIL; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THIAMINE;

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; LUNG; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARCINOID TUMOR; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56249146712     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0804643     Document Type: Article

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