Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis presenting as a neurological emergency: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Xia, Zongqi ^a   Mehta, Brijesh P ^a   Ropper, Allan H ^a   Kesari, Santosh ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBODY; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ETIRACETAM; ETOPOSIDE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; TOPIRAMATE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 77951690760     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-95     Document Type: Article

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