Intravenous immunoglobulins in paraneoplastic brainstem encephalitis with anti-Ri antibodies [3]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1360-1361

  Fumal, Arnaud ^a   Jobe, Jerome ^a   Pepin, Jean Louis ^a   Delvaux, Valerie ^a   Senterre, Jean Marc ^b   Bonaventure, Sandrine ^c   De Noordhout, Alain Maertens ^a  

^a CHR Hospital   (Belgium)

^b CHR Citadelle   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33750633026     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0199-7     Document Type: Letter

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