CSF study in paraneoplastic syndromes

Dimitri Psimaras (1) , Antoine F Carpentier (2) , Carlotta Rossi (3)

1 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP]
2 Hôpital Avicenne [AP-HP]
3 Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Villa Camozzi, Bergamo

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) probably result from an immune reaction against antigens shared by the nervous system and tumour cells. To characterize CSF alterations in these syndromes, we studied a large series of paraneoplastic patients.

Mots clés: CSF; NEUROONCOLOGY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; anti-Hu; cancer; cerebrospinal fluid; onco-neuronal antibody; paraneoplastic syndromes

Dimitri Psimaras, Antoine F Carpentier, Carlotta Rossi. CSF study in paraneoplastic syndromes. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2009, 81 (1), pp.42. ⟨10.1136/jnnp.2008.159483⟩. ⟨hal-00552720⟩