title: [Autoimmune paraneoplastic neurological syndromes].
abstract: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are well established causes of neurological dysfunction in cancer patients. Recently an auto-immune origin has been found for the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, the subacute sensory neuronopathy of Denny-Brown, the paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, the paraneoplastic opsoclonus-myoclonus as well as a few other minor syndromes. Indeed patients suffering from these diseases have been found to produce antibodies directed against the central nervous system. These antibodies can be detected as much as a year before the cancer is found and they are therefore interesting for neurological and oncologic diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, CHUV Lausanne.
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Lövblad
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Steck
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*
vernacular_title: Les syndromes paranéoplasiques neurologiques auto-immuns.