Effect of steroid and high-dose immunoglobulin therapy on opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome occurring in neuroblastoma

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-17

  Veneselli, Edvige ^a   Conte, Massimo ^b   Biancheri, Roberta ^a   Acquaviva, Antonio ^c   De Bernardi, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neuroblastoma; Opsomyoclonus syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROBLASTOMA; OPSOCLONUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030664467     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199801)30:1<15::AID-MPO6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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