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Paraneoplastic disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems

Adrien Didelot1, Jérôme Honnorat1

  • 1Centre de Référence, de Diagnostic et de Traitement des Syndromes Neurologiques Paranéoplasiques and INSERM U842, UMR-S842, Lyon, France.

Handbook of Clinical Neurology
|December 25, 2013
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Keywords:
Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndromeParaneoplastic neurologic syndromelimbic encephalitisneuronal cell surface antibodyonconeuronal antibodyopsoclonus myoclonussmall-cell lung cancersubacute cerebellar ataxiasubacute neuronopathy

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