Antineuronal antibodies in patients with neuroblastoma and paraneoplastic opsoclonus-myoclonus

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-320

  Antunes, Nuno Lobo ^a   Khakoo, Yasmin ^a   Matthay, Katherine K ^b   Seeger, Robert C ^c,d   Stram, Daniel O ^e   Gerstner, Elizabeth ^a   Abrey, Lauren E ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Antineuronal antibodies; Myoclonus; Neuroblastoma; Opsoclonus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OPSOCLONUS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEURONS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS;

EID: 0034457724     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200007000-00007     Document Type: Article

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