| Literature DB >> 7260847 |
W Singh, C Ramage, P Best, B Angus.
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A patient with a nasal neuroblastoma was found to have hypertension and severe hyponatraemia. Radiotherapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy were ineffective in reducing the size and vascularity of the neoplasm. Assay of tumor tissue post mortem revealed high levels of arginine vasopressin. The possibility of vasopressin formation to be added to the better known potential hormonal secretory activities of neuroblastomas.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7260847 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19800301)45:5<961::aid-cncr2820450521>3.0.co;2-v
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer ISSN: 0008-543X Impact factor: 6.860