Paraneoplastic brainstem encephalitis and anti-Ri antibodies [3]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1597-1598

  Sutton, Ian J ^a,b   Barnett, M H ^b   Watson, J D G ^b   Ell, J J ^b   Dalmau, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NEPHRECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN STEM; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036460231     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-002-0863-5     Document Type: Letter

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