Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis/sensory motor peripheral neuropathy - An autopsy case study

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-117

  Gazic, Barbara ^a   Pizem, Joze ^b   Dolenc Groselj, Leja ^c   Svigelj, Viktor ^c   Popovic, Mara ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Anti Hu antibodies; Encephalomyelitis; Motor neuropathy; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANTIBODY; CD8 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DESTRUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MORTALITY; MOTOR NERVE; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 22144451477     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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