Episodic itch in a case of spinal glioma

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wolking, Stefan ^a   Lerche, Holger ^a   Dihné, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Glioma; Itch; MRI; Spine

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DERMATOME; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MASTOCYTOSIS; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PRURITUS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPINE TUMOR; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRURITUS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884396406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-124     Document Type: Article

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