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Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy

Known as: Polyneuropathy, Paraneoplastic, Paraneoplastic Peripheral Neuropathies, Paraneoplastic Peripheral Neuropathy 
A diffuse or multifocal peripheral neuropathy caused by the effects of a distant neoplasm. It may be attributed, in part, to the immune response to… Expand
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In BloodMicrobiologicalNervous system structurePeripheral Nerves
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Nerve root and plexus disordersPeripheral NeuropathyPolyneuropathynervous system disorder
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Association of Autoimmune Encephalitis With Combined Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment for Metastatic Cancer.
IMPORTANCE Paraneoplastic encephalitides usually precede a diagnosis of cancer and are often refractory to immunosuppressive… Expand
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Paraneoplastic and non-paraneoplastic retinopathy and optic neuropathy: evaluation and management.
Paraneoplastic syndromes involving the visual system are a heterogeneous group of disorders occurring in the setting of systemic… Expand
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Thymoma and paraneoplastic myasthenia gravis
Paraneoplastic autoimmune diseases associate occasionally with small cell lung cancers and gynecologic tumors. However… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Guidelines for treatment of autoimmune neuromuscular transmission disorders.
BACKGROUND Important progress has been made in our understanding of the autoimmune neuromuscular transmission (NMT) disorders… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Guidelines for the treatment of autoimmune neuromuscular transmission disorders.
Important progress has been made in our understanding of the cellular and molecular processes underlying the autoimmune… Expand
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Encephalopathy associated with Hashimoto thyroiditis: Diagnosis and treatment
Six patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) and associated encephalopathy (HE) are described and compared with 14 well… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Paraneoplastic signs and symptoms of renal cell carcinoma: implications for prognosis.
PURPOSE Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) can present with a wide range of signs and symptoms. To our knowledge we report the first… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Autoantibodies to ganglionic acetylcholine receptors in autoimmune autonomic neuropathies.
BACKGROUND Idiopathic autonomic neuropathy is a severe, subacute disorder with a presumed autoimmune basis. It is… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Role of interleukin-6 in the paraneoplastic inflammatory syndrome associated with renal-cell carcinoma.
We investigated the possible causative role of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in the paraneoplastic inflammatory syndrome and in… Expand
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Anti-Hu--associated paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis/sensory neuronopathy. A clinical study of 71 patients.
We studied 71 patients with "paraneoplastic" encephalomyelitis, sensory neuronopathy, or both associated with the presence of the… Expand
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