A case of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with small cell lung cancer

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 273-277

  Ryu, Ja Young ^a   Lee, Seung Hyeun ^a   Lee, Eun Joo ^a   Min, Kyung Hoon ^a   Hur, Gyu Young ^a   Lee, Sung Yong ^a   Kim, Je Hyeong ^a   Lee, Sang Yeub ^a   Shin, Choi ^a   Shim, Jae Jeong ^a   In, Kwang Ho ^a   Kang, Kyung Ho ^a   Yoo, Se Hwa ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Limbic encephalitis; Lung neoplasms; Paraneoplastic syndromes

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEIZURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84871492867     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2012.73.5.273     Document Type: Article

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