Atypical paraneoplastic myastenia syndrome. Lambert Eaton syndrome or myastenia?;Syndrome myasthenique paraneoplasique atypique: Syndrome de Lambert et Eaton ou myasthenie?

Revue de Pneumologie Clinique

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-170

  Ferroir, J P ^a   Milleron, B ^a   Ropert, A ^b   Billy, C ^c   Nahum, L ^a   Tcherakian, S ^d   Carette, M F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b CLINIQUE JOUVENET   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier d'Auxerre ^*  (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier d'Auxerre   (France)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Mediastinum; Myastenia syndrome; Paraneoplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032841145     PISSN: 00325821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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