Transverse myelitis: Amphiphysin autoimmunity paraneoplastic syndrome in a woman with breast cancer

Clinical Advances in Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-182

  Virani, Shamsuddin ^a   Tan, Meng ^b   Abraham, Jame ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHYSIN; BACLOFEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPASTICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 66349102040     PISSN: 15430790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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