Anti-Ri-associated paraneoplastic cerebellar and brainstem degenerative syndrome

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-224

  Tay, J K ^a   Miller, J ^b   Joshi, A ^b   Athey, R J ^c  

^a Northern Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti Ri; Antineuronal antibody; Breast cancer; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; GLUCOSE; HU ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LETROZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; RI NEURONAL ANTIBODY; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPORT DISEASE; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC BRAINSTEM DEGENERATIVE SYNDROME; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN STEM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84873857664     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2012.307     Document Type: Article

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