anti-Purkinje cell antibody (anti-Yo)

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Introduction

Found in women with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration.

Etiology

NOT found in:

Laboratory

Diagnostic procedures

  • exploratory laparotomy indicated for women with anti-Yo & without laboratory-proven cancer

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Additional terms

References

  1. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 651
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 625
  3. Stuve O & Zamvil SS. In: Medical Immunology 10th edition (2001), Section 3, Clinical Immunology. 38. Neurologic diseases.

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