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In [[medicine]], '''nervous system paraneoplastic syndrome''' are "degenerative or inflammatory conditions affecting the central or  peripheral nervous system that develop in association with a systemic  neoplasm without direct invasion by tumor. They may be associated with  circulating antibodies that react with the affected neural tissue."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref><ref name="pmid14561798">{{cite journal| author=Darnell RB, Posner JB| title=Paraneoplastic syndromes involving the nervous system. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2003 | volume= 349 | issue= 16 | pages= 1543-54 | pmid=14561798 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14561798 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra023009 }} </ref><ref name="pmid17287482">{{cite journal| author=Dalmau J, Gonzalez RG, Lerwill MF| title=Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 4-2007. A 56-year-old woman with rapidly progressive vertigo and ataxia. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2007 | volume= 356 | issue= 6 | pages= 612-20 | pmid=17287482 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17287482 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcpc069035 }} </ref>
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In [[medicine]], '''nervous system paraneoplastic syndrome''' are "degenerative or inflammatory conditions affecting the central or  peripheral nervous system that develop in association with a systemic  neoplasm without direct invasion by tumor. They may be associated with  circulating antibodies that react with the affected neural tissue."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref><ref name="pmid14561798">{{cite journal| author=Darnell RB, Posner JB| title=Paraneoplastic syndromes involving the nervous system. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2003 | volume= 349 | issue= 16 | pages= 1543-54 | pmid=14561798 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14561798 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra023009 }} </ref><ref name="pmid17287482">{{cite journal| author=Dalmau J, Gonzalez RG, Lerwill MF| title=Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 4-2007. A 56-year-old woman with rapidly progressive vertigo and ataxia. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2007 | volume= 356 | issue= 6 | pages= 612-20 | pmid=17287482 | url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/6/612 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcpc069035 }} </ref>


==Classification==
==Classification==
* Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
* [[Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome]]
* Limbic encephalitis
* [[Limbic encephalitis]]
* Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome
* [[Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome]]
* Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
* [[Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration]]
* Paraneoplastic polyneuropathy
* [[Paraneoplastic polyneuropathy]]]]
* Transverse myelitis
* [[Transverse myelitis]]


==References==
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In medicine, nervous system paraneoplastic syndrome are "degenerative or inflammatory conditions affecting the central or peripheral nervous system that develop in association with a systemic neoplasm without direct invasion by tumor. They may be associated with circulating antibodies that react with the affected neural tissue."[1][2][3]

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