Central lactic acidosis, hyperventilation, and respiratory alkalosis: Leading clinical features in a 3-year-old boy with malignant meningeal melanoma

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-485

  Blüher, Susann ^a   Schulz, Manuela ^a   Bierbach, Uta ^a   Meixensberger, Jürgen ^a   Tröbs, Ralf Bodo ^a,b   Hirsch, Wolfgang ^a   Schober, Ralf ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^a   Siekmeyer, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Hyperventilation; Lactic acidosis; Malignant melanoma; Respiratory alkalosis

Indexed keywords

ACID; BASE; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PH; CHEMORECEPTOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERVENTILATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MALIGNANT MENINGEAL MELANOMA; MELANOMA; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TACHYCARDIA;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ALKALOSIS, RESPIRATORY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPERVENTILATION; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40049083588     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0507-y     Document Type: Article

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