Small cell lung cancer presenting with paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-184

  Bowyer, Samantha ^a   Webb, Suzanne ^a   Millward, Michael ^a,b   Jasas, Kevin ^a   Blacker, David ^a   Nowak, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DEMECLOCYCLINE; ETIRACETAM; ETOPOSIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPINE FRACTURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X RAY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 79956117389     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2010.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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