Chronic and Subacute Meningitis: Differentiating Neoplastic From Non-Neoplastic Etiologies
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Neoplastic meningitis.
cells in the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space. Its incidence seems to be rising because of improvements in the systemic treatment of malignant neoplasms of the hematopoietic system and of other types of cancer. To provide an objective basis for therapeutic decision-making, the authors performed a Medline search of all articles published from January 1975 to December 2005 with the following ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Neurohospitalist
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1941-8744,1941-8752
DOI: 10.1177/1941874418773924