Antiamphiphysin antibodies with small-cell lung carcinoma and paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 659-667

  Dropcho, Edward J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology CL 365 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHYSIN; AUTOANTIBODY; CELL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCLONUS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0030003801     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410390516     Document Type: Article

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