Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome associated with anti-amphiphysin antibodies misleaded the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, "Card. G. Panico" Hospital, Via San Pio X, 2, 73039, Tricase, LE, Italy. giuseppede_santis@yahoo.it.
² Department of Neurology, "Card. G. Panico" Hospital, Via San Pio X, 2, 73039, Tricase, LE, Italy.

Giuseppe De Santis et al. Acta Neurol Belg. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;122(1):241-243.

doi: 10.1007/s13760-021-01837-5. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

¹ Department of Neurology, "Card. G. Panico" Hospital, Via San Pio X, 2, 73039, Tricase, LE, Italy. giuseppede_santis@yahoo.it.
² Department of Neurology, "Card. G. Panico" Hospital, Via San Pio X, 2, 73039, Tricase, LE, Italy.

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Keywords: Amphiphysin; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Inflammation; Paraneoplastic syndrome.

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