Paraneoplastic syndromes Journal Article
| Author: | Posner, J. B. |
| Article Title: | Paraneoplastic syndromes |
| Abstract: | Most nervous system paraneoplastic syndromes probably result from an immune attack against antigens normally expressed only in the nervous system but aberrantly expressed in a cancer. Specific antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid that react with the nervous system and the cancer can be used to characterize proteins usually restricted to the nervous system and to identify neurologic disorders as paraneoplastic caused by a specific tumor type. |
| Keywords: | review; antigen expression; animals; immunoglobulin; plasmapheresis; immune response; antigen; autoantibody; paraneoplastic syndrome; antibody; intravenous drug administration; nervous system neoplasms; paraneoplastic syndromes; humans; human |
| Journal Title: | Current Opinion in Neurology |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 1350-7540 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Date Published: | 1997-12-01 |
| Start Page: | 471 |
| End Page: | 476 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 9425561 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00019052-199712000-00006 |
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| Notes: | Review -- Export Date: 17 March 2017 -- Source: Scopus |
