Long term survival in anti-Hu associated adult neuroblastoma

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 205-208

  Jarius, Sven ^a   Arnold, Stephan ^b   Linke, Rainer ^b   Noachtar, Soheyl ^a   Schlemmer, Marcus ^c   Issels, Rolf ^c   Voltz, Raymond ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult neuroblastoma; Anti Hu antibody; Encephalomyelitis; Paraneoplastic neurological disorders; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBOPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HU ANTIBODY; IFOSFAMIDE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; PREDNISONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; LEUKOPENIA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NYSTAGMOGRAPHY; NYSTAGMUS; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROBLASTOMA; OPTIC ATROPHY; PARA-AORTIC BODIES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849118646     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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