Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 7 , Pages 575-577 , September 2010

Diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia from intracerebral hemorrhage and blast crisis. A case report and review of the literature

  • Matthew R. Naunheim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States
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  • Brian V. Nahed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States
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  • Brian P. Walcott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States
    • ,
  • Kristopher T. Kahle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States
    • ,
  • Chad P. Soupir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematopathology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States
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  • Daniel P. Cahill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States
    • ,
  • Lawrence F. Borges

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States. Tel.: +1 617 726 6156; fax: +1 617 724 7407.

Received 28 May 2009 ,Revised 18 November 2009 ,Accepted 3 April 2010.

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PII: S0303-8467(10)00103-4

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.04.001

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 7 , Pages 575-577 , September 2010

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