Neurological course of long-term surviving patients with SCLC and anti-Hu syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 145-148

  Poepel, A ^a   Jarius, S ^b   Heukamp, L C ^a   Urbach, H ^a   Elger, C E ^a   Bien, C G ^a   Voltz, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti Hu antibodies; Long term survival; Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome

Indexed keywords

HU ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35649005489     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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