## Abstract High antistreptococcal antibody titer (ASOT) was measured in a 31‐year‐old Caucasian lady presenting with opsoclonus and myoclonus. She was treated with oral steroids and 8 weeks after the onset of symptoms she had a normal ASOT and only mild residual symptoms. This is one of the first
Opsoclonus/myoclonus: Paraneoplastic syndrome of neuroblastoma
✍ Scribed by Janss, Anna; Sladky, John; Chatten, Jane; Johnson, Jeffrey
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 803 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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