Morvan's fibrillary chorea: A paraneoplastic manifestation of thymoma

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 857-862

  Lee, E K ^a,b   Maselli, R A ^a   Ellis, W G ^a   Agius, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Morvan's fibrillary chorea; Neuromyotonia; Paraneoplastic; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; THYMOMA;

BIOPSY; CHOREA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032253325     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.6.857     Document Type: Article

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