Atypical paraneoplastic syndrome associated with anti-Yo antibodies

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 137-140

  Finsterer, J ^a,c   Bodenteich, A ^b   Drlicek, M ^b  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anti Yo antibodies; Nerve conduction; Neuromuscular; Neuropathy; Oncology; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CARBOPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; OVARIECTOMY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SALPINGECTOMY; SPASTICITY;

ANTIBODIES; CARBOPLATIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCULAR DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PACLITAXEL; PARANEOPLASTIC CEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; PARANEOPLASTIC POLYNEUROPATHY; PURKINJE CELLS; TAXOIDS;

EID: 0038105896     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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