Improvement of peripheral nervous system manifestations of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after rituximab therapy

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-148

  Briani, Chiara ^a   Zambello, Renato ^a   Cavallaro, Tiziana ^b   Ferrari, Sergio ^b   Lucchetta, Marta ^a   Pollanz, Sabine ^c   Grisold, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURAL NERVE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SURAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249143619     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2009.00224.x     Document Type: Letter

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