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Phenobarbital rheumatism in patients with brain tumor
Author(s) -
Taylor Lynne P.,
Posner Jerome B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410250116
Subject(s) - phenobarbital , rheumatism , medicine , brain tumor , cancer , physical therapy , oncology , pathology
We reviewed the charts of 429 patients with primary brain tumors treated at Memorial Sloan‐Kettering Cancer Center to determine the frequency, clinical characteristics, and provocative factors involved in the development of the shoulder‐hand syndrome. Five percent (20/429) of patients developed this syndrome, which was strongly associated with phenobarbital use ( p < 0.0001) and often produced more short‐term disability than the brain tumor itself.