Subacute cerebellar degeneration and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome associated with antibodies to voltagegated calcium channels: Differential effect of immunosuppressive therapy on central and peripheral defects

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1138-1139

  Goldstein, J M ^a   Waxman, S G ^a   Vollmer, T L ^a   Lang, B ^b   Johnston, I ^b   Newsom Davis, J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CALCIUM CHANNEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; ION CHANNEL GATING; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0028633451     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.57.9.1138     Document Type: Letter

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