title: C9ORF72 familial motor neuron disease - frontotemporal dementia associated with lung adenocarcinoma and anti-Ma2/Ta antibodies: a chance association?
authors.affiliation: Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Geevasinga
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Burrell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hibbert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vucic
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D000368:Aged; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D000073885:C9orf72 Protein; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D057180:Frontotemporal Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000073885:C9orf72 Protein; C568651:C9orf72 protein, human; C119249:Ma2 antigen; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011506:Proteins
keywords: motor neuron disease; neurological disorders; neuromuscular diseases; paraneoplastic syndromes