Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome associated with occult breast cancer: A case report and review of literature

Breast Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 417-419

  Altaha, Ramin ^a   Abraham, Jame ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUSCLE ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC POLYNEUROPATHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0141567062     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09514.x     Document Type: Article

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