A case of anti P/Q type VGCC antibody positive small lung cell carcinoma that occured with subacute cerebellar degeneration, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, and brainstem encephalitis

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1470-1474

  Nagayama, Shigemi ^a,b,c   Koike, Fumihiko ^a   Sakai, Tetsuo ^a   Antoku, Yasunobu ^a   Yukitake, Motohiro ^b   Kuroda, Yasuo ^b  

^a Yanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; Brainstem encephalitis; Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS); P Q type VGCC antibody; Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE ANTIBODY; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE ANTIBODY; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IRINOTECAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSARTHRIA; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC CEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 57749189373     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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