A study on a new antineural antibody in a case of paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy associated with breast carcinoma

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 516-519

  Iwahashi, Teruaki ^a   Inoue, Atsushi ^a   Koh, Chang Sung ^a   Yanagisawa, Nobuo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antineural antibody; Breast cancer; Paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; NERVE CELL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0030841567     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.4.516     Document Type: Article

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