Nervous System: Paraneoplastic Syndrome in Neuroblastoma Patients
2 Pages
830 Words
I. Introduction Paraneoplastic syndromes (PNSs) are unusual disorders that affect the function of the organ systems, due to the humoral secretion of tumors. The constituents secreted by the tumors consists mainly of hormones and cytokines that are capable of mimicking normal hormones which may affect other proteins flowing throughout the body. The endocrine, skin, blood, and joints are some of...
Nervous System