Long-term outcome in children with opsoclonus-myoclonus and ataxia and coincident neuroblastoma
β Scribed by Paul S. Koh; John G. Raffensperger; Sharon Berry; Marianne B. Larsen; Helen S. Johnstone; Pauline Chou; Susan R. Luck; Michael Hammer; Susan L. Cohn
- Book ID
- 117164247
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 462 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6833
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A retrospective data collection was performed on 29 children diagnosed with neuroblastoma and opsoclonus-myoclonus between 1983-1993 from Pediatric Oncology Group institutions. The aim was to describe neurologic outcome in children with neuroblastoma and opsoclonus-myoclonus. Age at diagnosis ranged
## Abstract ## Background Opsoclonusβmyoclonusβataxia (OMA) is a paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome affecting 2β3% of children with neuroblastoma. Although children with OMA and neuroblastoma may have higher survival, many experience a significant amount of late neurologic impairment, which may be