Isolated dysphagia due to paraneoplastic myasthenic syndrome with anti-P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium-channel and anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-128

  Fernandez Torron, Roberto ^a   Arcocha, Juan ^a   López Picazo, Jose M ^a   Pardo, Javier ^a   Tamura, Maria Akiko ^a   Carretero, Cristina ^a   Pastor, Pau ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antibodies; Myasthenia; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Thymus; Voltage gated calcium channel antibodies

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; PARANEOPLASTIC MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION DOSE; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS CARCINOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78751590940     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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