Small-cell carcinoma of the lung presenting with paraneoplastic peripheral nerve microvasculitis and optic neuropathy
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Deborah Blumenthal MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USASearch for more papers by this authorSydney Schochet Jr MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Department of Pathology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLaurie Gutmann MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBrian Ellis MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Department of Ophthalmology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMargaret Jaynes MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Department of Child Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJosep Dalmau MD
Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Deborah Blumenthal MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USASearch for more papers by this authorSydney Schochet Jr MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Department of Pathology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLaurie Gutmann MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBrian Ellis MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Department of Ophthalmology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMargaret Jaynes MD
Department of Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Department of Child Neurology, West Virginia Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJosep Dalmau MD
Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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