Protein-losing enteropathy: An unusual presentation of neuroblastoma

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-373

  D'Amico, Michael A ^a,b   Weiner, Michael ^a   Ruzal Shapiro, Carrie ^a   DeFelice, Amy R ^a   Brodlie, Susan ^a   Kazlow, Philip G ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0042848600     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280304200413     Document Type: Article

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