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SynthesisBMC psychiatry2017

What is the significance of onconeural antibodies for psychiatric symptomatology? A systematic review.

Sverre Georg Sæther, Morten Schou, Daniel Kondziella

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Synthesis in BMC psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sverre Georg SætherDepartment of Psychiatry, St. Olav's University Hospital, Pb. 3008, Lade, 7441, Trondheim, Norway. sverrege@gmail.com.
Morten SchouDepartment of Psychiatry, St. Olav's University Hospital, Pb. 3008, Lade, 7441, Trondheim, Norway.
Daniel KondziellaDepartment of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Pb. 8905, 7491, Trondheim, Norway.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology · NOSt Olav's University Hospital · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with intracellular onconeural antibodies may present with neuro-psychiatric syndromes. We aimed to evaluate the evidence for an association between well-characterized onconeural antibodies and psychiatric symptoms in patients with and without paraneoplastic central nervous system syndromes.

methodsEligible studies were selected from 1980 until February 2017 according to standardized review criteria and evaluated using Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 (QUADAS-2). We included studies describing the psychiatric symptomatology of onconeural antibody positive patients and the prevalence of onconeural antibodies in patients with psychiatric disorders.

resultsTwenty-seven studies met the inclusion criteria. Six studies reported on the prevalence of well-characterized onconeural antibodies in patients with different psychiatric disorders, ranging from 0% to 4.9%. Antibody prevalence in controls was available from three studies, ranging from 0% to 2.8%. Data heterogeneity precluded a meta-analysis. Two cerebrospinal fluid studies found well-characterized onconeural antibodies in 3.5% and 0% of patients with psychotic and depressive syndromes, respectively.

conclusionsThe available evidence suggests that the prevalence of well-characterized onconeural antibodies in patients with psychiatric disorders is generally low. However, the question whether onconeural antibodies are important in select patients with a purely psychiatric phenotype needs to be addressed by appropriately designed studies in the future.

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Antibodies, NeoplasmHumansMental DisordersParaneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous SystemAntibodies, NeoplasmAnti-neuronal antibodiesOnconeural antibodiesParaneoplastic neuro-psychiatric syndromesReview

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PMCPMC5415831
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