Unusual neurological presentation of neuroblastoma

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-144

  Yeung, W L ^a   Li, C K ^a   Nelson, E A S ^a   Chik, K W ^a   Joynt, G M ^a   Yuen, E ^a   Yeung, C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Neuroblastoma; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS; SEIZURE;

ATAXIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSKINESIAS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; SEIZURES;

EID: 0037384011     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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