Paraneoplastic stiff person syndrome associated with colon cancer misdiagnosed as idiopathic Parkinson's disease worsened after capecitabine therapy

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Badzek, Sasa ^a   Miletic, Vladimir ^a   Prejac, Juraj ^a   Gorsic, Irma ^a   Golem, Hilda ^a   Bilic, Ervina ^a   Kekez, Domina ^a   Librenjak, Niksa ^a   Plestina, Stjepko ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LEVODOPA; RASAGILINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LEG MUSCLE; LOW BACK PAIN; PARANEOPLASTIC STIFF PERSON SYNDROME; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIGIDITY; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 84883685987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-224     Document Type: Article

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