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Case Reports
. 1990 Dec;53(12):1084-8.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.53.12.1084.

Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: clinico-pathological correlations

A M Bakheit  1 , P G Kennedy, P O Behan
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Case Reports

Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: clinico-pathological correlations

A M Bakheit et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1990 Dec.

Abstract

Three new cases of limbic encephalitis in association with malignancy are reported. The literature on this condition is reviewed and the clinical, laboratory and histopathological features of cases proven at necropsy are correlated. The possible pathogenic mechanism of this disorder is discussed.

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