Coexistent autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy and myasthenia gravis associated with non-small-cell lung cancer

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 416-419

  Peltier, Amanda C ^a   Black, Bonnie K ^a   Raj, Satish R ^a   Donofrio, Peter ^a   Robertson, David ^a   Biaggioni, Italo ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy; Autonomic neuropathy; Myasthenia gravis; Non small cell lung cancer; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; NORADRENALIN; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE AUTONOMIC GANGLIONOPATHY; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEGACOLON; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; THYMOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649133445     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21528     Document Type: Article

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