Immune mediated neurologic dysfunction as a paraneoplastic syndrome in renal cell carcinoma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-281

  Johnson, Vijay ^a   Friedman, Norman ^a   Haller, Nairmeen Awad ^a   Hagel, Christian ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Gait disorder ataxia; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

SCLEROPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PURKINJE CELL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIBODIES; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HIPPOCALCIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 56249099338     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9675-5     Document Type: Article

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