Intestinal pseudoobstruction as a paraneoplastic syndrome in ganglioneuroblastoma

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 429-431

  Wildhaber, Barbara ^a,b   Niggl, F ^a   Stallmach, T ^c   Willi, U ^a   Stauffer, U G ^a   Sacher, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c Section of Pediatric Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Antineuronal nuclear antibodies (ANNA); Intestinal pseudoobstruction; Neuroblastoma; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEURONAL NUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 12244272664     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36853     Document Type: Article

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