Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus preceding otherwise asymptomatic Hodgkin's lymphoma

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 118-120

  Schmidt, Caroline ^a   Freilinger, Tobias ^a   Lieb, M ^b   Remi J ^a   Klein, M ^a   Straube, A ^a   Pfefferkorn, T ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hodgkin's lymphoma; Paraneoplastic; PERM; Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus; Stiff person syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BLEOMYCIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TIAGABINE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCLONUS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349105270     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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