Steroid-responsive paraneoplastic demyelinating neuropathy and myelopathy associated with breast carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-69

  Rajabally, Yusuf A ^b   Qaddoura, Bassel ^a   Abbott, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Breast cancer; Demyelinating; Myelopathy; Neuropathy; Paraneoplastic; Steroids

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHYSIN ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; BRAIN PROTEIN; CV2 ANTIBODY; HU ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MA ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RI ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YO ANTIBODY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LETHARGY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULNAR NERVE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARANEOPLASTIC POLYNEUROPATHY; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PREDNISOLONE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64049105604     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e31818e952b     Document Type: Article

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