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Case Reports
. 2004 Feb;75(2):338-40.

A new anti-neuronal antibody in a case of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with breast cancer

R Scheid  1 , J Honnorat, E Delmont, H Urbach, R Biniek
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A new anti-neuronal antibody in a case of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with breast cancer

R Scheid et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are rare remote effects of different types of cancer. Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is a specific syndrome, most often associated with small cell lung carcinoma. This report describes the case of a pure limbic encephalitis in association with breast cancer. An anti-neuronal antibody was found in the serum and CSF of the patient which has not been reported so far.

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