Paraneoplastic cushing syndrome due to adrenal neuroblastoma

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-233

  Espinasse Holder, M ^a   Defachelles, A S ^a   Weill, J ^a   De Keyzer, Y ^b   De Lasalle, E Martin ^c   Nelken, B ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Cushing syndrome; Neuroblastoma; Paraneoplastic; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; MELPHALAN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0034091634     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200003)34:3<231::AID-MPO17>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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