A case of limbic encephalitis with small cell lung carcinoma in which the cognitive function improved and redeteriorated during tumor therapy

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-85

  Fujimoto, So ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Gotanda, Hiroshi ^a   Shiozawa, Ryosuke ^a   Takemura, Aya ^a   Umeda Kameyama, Yumi ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Iijima, Katsuya ^a   Akishita, Masahiro ^a   Ouch, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Small cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949941285     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.47.79     Document Type: Article

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