Anti-Hu antibodies may indicate a positive response to chemotherapy in paraneoplastic syndrome secondary to small cell lung cancer

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 638-639

  Douglas, Claire A ^a   Ellershaw, John ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paraneoplastic syndrome; Small cel lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CELL ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; DISABILITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUTROPENIA; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; TUMOR GROWTH; WALKING AID;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FEMALE; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATIENT SELECTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142011008     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm758cr     Document Type: Article

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