Neuromyotonia, myocloni, sensory neuropathy and cerebellar symptoms in a patient with antibodies to neuronal nucleoproteins (anti-Hu-antibodies)

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-209

  Toepfer, Marcell ^a   Schroeder, Mira ^a   Unger, Jürgen W ^a   Lochmüller, Hanns ^a   Pongratz, Dieter ^a   Müller Felber, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti Hu antibodies; Myocloni; Neuromyotonia; Paraneoplastic syndromes; Sensory neuropathy; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYOKYMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032831873     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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