Idiopathic hypothalamic dysfunction: A paraneoplastic syndrome?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 276-281

  Nunn, Kenneth ^a   Ouvrier, Robert ^a   Sprague, Titia ^a   Arbuckle, Susan ^b   Docker, Maryanne ^b  

^a Department of Psychological Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION DISORDER; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0030917842     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389701200412     Document Type: Article

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