Hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as paraneoplastic myasthenia gravis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Vautravers, Claire ^a   Rat, Patrick ^b   Cercueil, Jean Pierre ^b   Moreau, Thibault ^b   Horiot, Jean Claude ^a   Chauffert, Bruno ^a  

^a GF Leclerc Regional Anticancer Centre   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; PIRARUBICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXORUBICIN; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56949097901     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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