Paraneoplastic rhombencephalitis and brachial plexopathy in two cases of amphiphysin auto-immunity

European Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 80-83

  Coppens, T ^a   Van Den Bergh, P ^a   Duprez, T J ^a   Jeanjean, A ^a   De Ridder, F ^b   Sindic, C J M ^a,c  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Clinique Saint Elisabeth   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphiphysin; Auto immunity; Paraneoplastic disorder

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHYSIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DYSARTHRIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARANEOPLASTIC RHOMBENCEPHALITIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646758581     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092307     Document Type: Article

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