PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES

Authors
AGARWALA SS
Citation
Ss. Agarwala, PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, The Medical clinics of North America, 80(1), 1996, pp. 173
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
The Medical clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257125
Volume
80
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7125(1996)80:1<173:PS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The paraneoplastic syndromes are effects of cancer that occur at sites remote from the primary tumor and its metastases. Recognition of thes e disorders is important from both diagnostic and therapeutic viewpoin ts. The important paraneoplastic syndromes involving the endocrine, ne rvous, hematologic, and dermatologic systems are discussed in this art icle.