A rare case of anti-Hu paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome in association with cervical cancer.
Anti-Hu antibodies, also known as ANNA-1, are well characterized in paraneoplastic neuropathies. We present here the first known case of anti-Hu seropositivity, cerebellar ataxia, and sensory neuropathy in association with cervical cancer.
Okagbue
Uchenna E
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Johns Hopkins University/Sinai Hospital Program in Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Wang
Luke Y J
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Cymet
Tyler
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Rabin
Bruce
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Erlich
Rodrigo B
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D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D051959:ELAV Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020364:Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
D051959:ELAV Proteins