Pineal dysfunction (low melatonin production) as a cause of sudden death in a long-term survivor of Langerhans cell histiocytosis?

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-153

  Imashuku, Shinsaku ^a   Morimoto, Yoshiko ^b   Morimoto, Akira ^c   Yamamoto, Tohru ^b   Hibi, Shigeyoshi ^c   Todo, Shinjiro ^c  

^a Kyoto City Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^b NANTAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Scoliosis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETAMETHASONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DOXORUBICIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; MELATONIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; VINBLASTINE;

BONE ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROENTERITIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SHORT STATURE; SKULL INJURY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; DEATH, SUDDEN; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0037700434     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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