Paraneoplastic autoimmune multiorgan syndrome (paraneoplastic pemphigus) in a child: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Lane, Joshua E ^a   Woody, Carol ^a   Davis, Loretta S ^a   Guill, Margaret F ^a   Jerath, Rita S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Castleman's tumor; Child; Paraneoplastic autoimmune multiorgan syndrome; Paraneoplastic pemphigus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC AUTOIMMUNE MULTIORGAN SYNDROME; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; CHILD; FATALITY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR;

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PEMPHIGUS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16644364019     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0436     Document Type: Review

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