Brainstem and spinal cord involvement in a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with anti-yo antibody and breast cancer

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 921-922

  Plantone, Domenico ^a   Caliandro, Pietro ^a,b   Iorio, Raffaele ^a   Frisullo, Giovanni ^a   Nociti, Viviana ^a,b   Patanella, Agata Katia ^a,b   Marti, Alessandro ^a   Tonali, Pietro Attilio ^a,b   Batocchi, Anna Paola ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; BRAINSTEM CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD CANCER; STEROID THERAPY;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; AUTOANTIBODIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79960013334     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5831-x     Document Type: Letter

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