Response to rituximab in 3 children with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome resistant to conventional treatments

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-195

  Battaglia, Teresa ^a   De Grandis, Elisa ^b   Mirabelli Badenier, Marisol ^b   Boeri, Luca ^b   Morcaldi, Guido ^b   Barabino, Paola ^a   Intra, Chiara ^a   Naselli, Francesca ^a   Pistoia, Vito ^a   Veneselli, Edvige ^b   Conte, Massimo ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome; Paraneoplastic syndromes; Rituximab; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TETRACOSACTIDE ZINC PHOSPHATE;

ALLOPATHY; APRAXIA; ATAXIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CASE REPORT; CELL EXPANSION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMETRIA; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPETIC STOMATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NYSTAGMUS; OPSOCLONUS; OPSOCLONUS MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; VASCULITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84857367145     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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