A new anti-neuronal antibody in a case of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with breast cancer

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 338-340

  Scheid, R ^a   Honnorat, J ^b   Delmont, E ^b   Urbach, H ^c   Biniek, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Rheinische Kliniken   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; NERVE CELL; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANTIBODIES; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS;

EID: 0842265862     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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