Pitfalls in the diagnosis of autoantibodies associated with paraneoplastic neurologic disease

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1739-1741

  Sillevis Smitt, P ^a,b   Manley, G ^a,b   Moll, J W B ^a,b   Dalmau, J ^a,b   Posner, J B ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG CARCINOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0030013810     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.6.1739     Document Type: Article

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