Over the past 10 years, the continual discovery of novel forms of encephalitis associated
with antibodies to cell‐surface or synaptic proteins has changed the paradigms for …

Paraneoplastic Syndromes Involving the Nervous System | New England Journal of Medicine
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Background: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) almost invariably predate
detection of the malignancy. Screening for tumours is important in PNS as the tumour …

Major advances in the management of paraneoplastic neurologic disorders (PND) include
the detection of new antineuronal antibodies, the improved characterisation of known …

Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders
characterized by subacute cerebellar ataxia, specific tumour types and (often) associated …

Background Voltage-gated calcium channels in small-cell lung carcinomas may initiate
autoimmunity in the paraneoplastic neuromuscular disorder Lambert–Eaton syndrome. The …

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are the immune-mediated effects of a remote
cancer and are characterised by an autoantibody response against antigens expressed by …

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) can be defined as remote effects of cancer
that are not caused by the tumor and its metastasis, or by infection, ischemia or metabolic …

We have combined genetic and biochemical approaches to analyze the function of the RNA-
binding protein Nova-1, the paraneoplastic opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia (POMA) antigen …

There are many types of cerebellar ataxia, including ataxia due to congenital or metabolic
disorders and a paraneoplastic form in patients with gynecologic cancer, breast cancer, lung …