Seizures in children with systemic cancer

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 190-193

  Antunes, Nuno Lobo ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Neurologic complications; Seizures

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOSPORIN; GABAPENTIN; PHENYTOIN; TACROLIMUS; THIOTEPA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE;

EID: 0038627446     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00508-8     Document Type: Review

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