Improvement of anti-Hu-associated paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy after chemoradiotherapy in a small cell lung cancer patient

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1140-1143

  Suzuki, M ^a   Kimura, H ^a   Tachibana, I ^a   Fujimura, H ^a   Nakatsuji, Y ^a   Sugai, F ^a   Naba, I ^a   Nakamori, M ^a   Morishita, H ^a   Arai, T ^a   Osaki, T ^a   Hayshi, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti Hu antibody; Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE; DYSESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIMB; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE POTENTIAL; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 0035214584     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.1140     Document Type: Article

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