Limbic encephalitis and small cell lung cancer. Clinical and immunological features

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 923-928

  Alamowitch, S ^a   Graus, F ^b   Uchuya, M ^a   Rene R ^c   Bescansa, E ^d   Delattre, J Y ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Instituto Grifols   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti Hu antibodies; Limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CANCER ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; AUTOANTIBODIES; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0030924896     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.6.923     Document Type: Article

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