Neoplastic meningitis. Review of a clinical series
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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: Neurología (English Edition)
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2173-5808
DOI: 10.1016/s2173-5808(11)70046-3