Favourable prognosis in Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome and small-cell lung carcinoma

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9147, 1999, Pages 117-118

  Maddison, Paul ^a   Newsom Davis, John ^b   Mills, Kerry R ^b   Souhami, Robert L ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CANCER INHIBITION; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; HUMANS; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033537356     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)76153-5     Document Type: Article

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