Breast Cancer Presents with a Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndrome

Breast Cancer Presents with a Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndrome

Background: Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes (PNS) pose quite an uncommon neurological complication, affecting less than 1% of patients with breast cancer. Nearly one third of these patients lack detectable onconeural antibodies (ONAs), and improvement in neurologic deficits with concomitant canc...

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Main Authors: Pedro Coelho Barata, Joana Morgado, Ana Paula Sousa, Sónia Duarte de Oliveira, Maria Paula Custódio, Lígia Bruno da Costa, José Esteves Pena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes
Breast cancer
Onconeural antibodies
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/345692

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