Paraneoplastic syndromes in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 513-520

  Toro, C ^a   Rinaldo, A ^a   Silver, C E ^b   Politi, M ^a   Ferlito, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early detection; Hormones; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Paraneoplastic syndromes; Pathogenesis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEMECLOCYCLINE; FUROSEMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLUBBING FINGERS; CUSHING SYNDROME; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEVER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LEUKEMOID REACTION; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NEUROPATHY; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SCHWARTZ BARTTER SYNDROME; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BONE NEOPLASMS; EYE NEOPLASMS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68749114029     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2008.10.006     Document Type: Review

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