Anti-Yo and anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies presenting in carcinoma of the uterus with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Panegyres, Peter K ^a,b   Graves, Angela ^b  

^a Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b Neurology Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

14 3 3 proteins; anti Yo anti GAD antibodies; clear cell carcinoma of uterus; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YO ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSDIADOCHOKINESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABYRINTHITIS; LAPAROTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PAST POINTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RANKIN SCALE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TITUBATION; TRUNCAL ATAXIA; UTERUS CARCINOMA; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84862236225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-155     Document Type: Article

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