Eaton-Lambert syndrome - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Eaton-Lambert syndrome
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Synonyms
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
LEMS
Causes
Voltage-gated calcium channel antibody
Effects
Neuromuscular blockade
Autonomic neuropathy
Proximal myopathy
Small cell carcinoma of lung
60.0%
Parents
Myasthenia
Autoimmune neurological disease
Description
"Autoimmune attackd against presynaptic voltage-gated calcium channels."
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Sanjay Manohar
2006