Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Brachial amyotrophic diparesis associated with anti-Hu positive anterior horn cell disease and autonomic disorder

  • Letter to the Editors
  • Published:
Journal of Neurology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2

References

  1. Verma A, Berger JR, Snodgrass S, Petito C (1996) Motor neuron disease: a paraneoplastic process associated with anti-hu antibody and small-cell lung carcinoma. Ann Neurol 40(1):112–116

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Henning F, Hewlett RH (2008) Brachial amyotrophic diplegia (segmental proximal spinal muscular atrophy) associated with HIV infection. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 79(12):1392–1394

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Lucchinetti CF, Kimmel DW, Lennon VA (1998) Paraneoplastic and oncologic profiles of patients seropositive for type 1 antineuronal nuclear autoantibodies. Neurology 50(3):652–657

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Dalmau J, Graus F, Rosenblum MK, Posner JB (1992) Anti-Hu—associated paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis/sensory neuronopathy. A clinical study of 71 patients. Medicine (Baltimore) 71(2):59–72

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Flanagan EP, McKeon A, Lennon VA, Kearns J, Weinshenker BG, Krecke KN, Matiello M, Keegan BM, Mokri B, Aksamit AJ, Pittock SJ (2011) Paraneoplastic isolated myelopathy: clinical course and neuroimaging clues. Neurology 76(24):2089–2095

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Conflicts of interest

All authors report no conflicts of interest.

Ethical standard

The authors declare that they acted in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

    John-Ih Lee, Philipp Albrecht, Hans-Peter Hartung & Norbert Goebels

  2. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Stephan Macht

Authors
  1. John-Ih Lee
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Stephan Macht
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Philipp Albrecht
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Hans-Peter Hartung
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Norbert Goebels
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to John-Ih Lee.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Lee, JI., Macht, S., Albrecht, P. et al. Brachial amyotrophic diparesis associated with anti-Hu positive anterior horn cell disease and autonomic disorder. J Neurol 260, 301–302 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6711-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6711-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation