Paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy and Purkinje cell antibodies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1466-1467

  Namara, Brian Mc ^a   Boniface, Simon J ^a   Julian, Ray ^a   Scolding, Nail J ^a   Robertson, Neil ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LETTER; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PURKINJE CELLS; SENSATION;

EID: 0006372233     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199910)22:10<1466::AID-MUS20>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Letter

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