Antibodies to cerebellar nerve fibres in two patients with paraneoplastic cerebellar ataxia

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3211-3214

  Balegno, Sabrina ^a   Ceroni, Mauro ^a   Corato, Manuel ^a   Franciotta, Diego ^a   Giometto, Bruno ^b   Marinu Aktipu, Kalliope ^a   Nano, Rosanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical antibodies; Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes; Rat cerebellum; Western blot

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHYSIN; ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AXONS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; PARANEOPLASTIC CEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23344433021     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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