title: Cerebral neuroblastoma with elevated nerve growth factor.
abstract: Cerebral neuroblastoma is often difficult to differentiate by clinical criteria from other central nervous system neoplasm. This report is of a young child with cerebral neuroblastoma and elevated nerve growth factor. This case illustrates the need for further studies into the usefulness of nerve growth factor in differentiating cerebral neuroblastoma from other central nervous system tumors.
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000097:blood*; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors