Relationship between lymphoproliferative disease and motor neuron disease;Associazione tra malattia dei motoneuroni e macroglobulinemia di Waldenström

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 530-532

  Di Saverio, Adalisa ^a   Quaglino, Dennis ^a,b  

^a Università   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypergammaglobulinemia; Polyneuropathy; Waldenstr m's macroglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; THYMOMA; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 5844397215     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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