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Antiamphiphysin‐positive stiff‐person syndrome associated with small cell lung cancer
Author(s) -
NguyenHuu B.K.,
Urban P.P.,
Schreckenberger M.,
Dieterich M.,
Werhahn Konrad J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.20910
Subject(s) - stiff person syndrome , medicine , lung cancer , adenocarcinoma , breast cancer , cancer , amphiphysin , lung , pathology , biology , receptor , biochemistry , glutamate decarboxylase , endocytosis , dynamin , enzyme
The paraneoplastic amphiphysin + stiff‐person syndrome (SPS) has so far only been described in women with breast adenocarcinoma. Here, we describe the rare case of a female patient with antiamphiphysin + SPS due to small cell cancer of the lung. © 2006 Movement Disorder Society