CPC G01N 33/564 (2013.01) [A61K 38/1709 (2013.01); G01N 2333/46 (2013.01); G01N 2800/28 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
detecting, in a sample from a patient, an autoantibody binding to Septin-7, and an absence of the autoantibody binding to one or more of Septin-3, Septin-5, Septin-6, or Septin-11,
wherein the patient has or is suspected of having a disease, wherein the disease is selected from the group consisting of paraneoplastic neurological syndrome (PNS), neuropathy, encephalopathy, encephalitis, encephalomyelopathy, myelopathy, episodic ataxia, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, and lumbosacral polyradiculopathy, or
wherein the disease is a tumor selected from the group consisting of ovarian cancer, breast adenocarcinoma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, carcinoid, myelodysplastic syndrome, and carcinoid of the lung.
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