title: [Biological aspects of paraneoplastic syndromes].
abstract: The author discusses some aspects of indirect manifestations of tumourous diseases, i.e. paraneoplastic syndromes. The already known paraendocrine hormone secretion by tumours is supplemented by recent knowledge from the biology of tumourous diseases incl. indirect manifestations where an important part is played by autocrine secretion of regulatory, mainly growth factors.
authors.affiliation: Institut medicínského výzkumu, Brno.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Opat
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Biologické aspekty paraneoplastických syndromů.