Dalmau, J, Gultekin, HS, Posner, JB.

Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes: pathogenesis and physiopathology.
Brain Pathol 1999; 9:275-84.
Description: An overview of the pathophysiology of paraneoplastic syndromes.
PubMed citation number: 10219745

Darnell, RB, Posner, JB.

Paraneoplastic syndromes involving the nervous system.
N Engl J Med 2003; 349:1543-54
Description: Recent review of the mechanisms and clinical features of PNS.
PubMed citation number: 14561798

Rees, JH, Hain, SF, Johnson, MR, Hughes, RA.

The role of [(18)F]fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-PET scanning in the diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurological disorders.
Brain 2001; 124:2223-31.
Description: Discussion of the potential use of PET scanning in the diagnosis of PNS.
PubMed citation number: 11673324

Keime-Guibert, F, Graus, F, Fleury, A, Rene R, Honnorat J, Broet P, Delattre JY.

Treatment of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes with antineuronal antibodies (Anti-Hu, anti-Yo) with a combination of immunoglobulins, cyclophosphamide, and methylprednisolone.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000; 68:479-482.
Description: Study demonstrating the lack of benefit from immune agents in the management of PNS.
PubMed citation number: 10727484

Younger DS.

Motor neuron disease and malignancy.
Muscle Nerve 2000;23:658-660
Description: A review that includes discussion of the motor abnormalities in PNS.
PubMed citation number: 10797388

Sculier J-P, Feld R, Evans WK, DeBoer G, Shepherd FA, Payne DG, Pringle JF, Yeoh JL, Quirt IC, Curtis JE.

Neurologic disorders in patients with small cell lung cancer.
Cancer 1987;60:2275-2283.
Description: Review of neurologic aspects of PNS, with emphasis on Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.
PubMed citation number: 2830955

Levy Y, Afek A, Sherer Y, Bar-Dayan Y, Shibi R, Kopolovic J, Shoenfeld Y.

Malignant thymoma associated with autoimmune diseases: a retrospective study and review of the literature.
Semin Arthritis Rheum 1998;28:73-79.
Description: Analysis demonstrating the high incidence of PNS associated with thymoma.
PubMed citation number: 9806367

Vital A.

Paraproteinemic neuropathies.
Brain Pathol 2001;11:399-407
Description: A review of the neuropathies associated with monoclonal gammopathies.
PubMed citation number: 11556684

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