Paraneoplastic syndromes

Curr Opin Neurol. 1998 Dec;11(6):633-7. doi: 10.1097/00019052-199812000-00004.

Abstract

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes cause severe neurological dysfunction and may lead to the diagnosis of a potentially curable cancer. The range of clinical presentations of these syndromes continues to grow and new antibody associations are constantly being described. Conventional immunosuppressive therapy is rarely helpful and the prognosis of these conditions remains poor.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology
  • Autoantibodies / metabolism
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Nervous System Diseases / immunology
  • Nervous System Diseases / therapy
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnosis*
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / immunology
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / therapy
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Autoantibodies