The anti-Hu syndrome : A clinical and immunological study of 7 cases

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 108-116

  Pieret, F ^a   Sindic, C J M ^a,g   Chalon, M P ^a   Warny, M ^a   Bolyn, S ^b   Dehaene, I ^c   Gobiet, Y ^d   Goka, S ^e   Laloux, P ^b   Monteyne, Ph ^a   Peeters, A ^a   Pierre, Ph ^e   Gillet, S ^f   Van Den Bergh, P Y K ^a   Windhausen, K ^f   Laterre, C ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^c Dienst Neurologie   (Belgium)

^d Clinique Saint Anne Saint Remi   (Belgium)

^e Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

^f Centre Hospitalier Hutois   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anti Hu antibody; Anti neuronal nuclear antibody; Paraneoplastic disorders; Small cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HU ANTIGEN; HU NEURONAL RNA BINDING PROTEINS; HU NEURONAL RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; NERVE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SYNDROME;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030162417     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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