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Who is at risk for paraneoplastic syndromes?
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Cancer patients: Paraneoplastic syndromes are a heterogeneous group of disorders caused by mechanisms other than metastases, metabolic and nutritional deficits, infections, coagulopathy or side effects of cancer treatment. They may occur before the obvious signs of a malignancy become apparent.
Answered 7/20/2012
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