Baroreflex failure secondary to paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis in a 17 year old woman with neuroblastoma

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1650-1651

  Jardine, D L ^a   Krediet, C P T ^b   Robinson, B A ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROBLASTOMA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL;

EID: 7244227743     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.034827     Document Type: Article

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