Pathophysiology of paraneoplastic and autoimmune encephalitis: genes, infections, and checkpoint inhibitors

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNSs) are rare complications of systemic cancers that can affect all parts of the central and/or peripheral nervous system. A body of experimental and clinical data has demonstrated that the pathogenesis of PNSs is immune-mediated. Nevertheless, the mechanisms...

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Main Authors: Alberto Vogrig, Sergio Muñiz-Castrillo, Virginie Desestret, Bastien Joubert, Jérôme Honnorat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-06-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756286420932797