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View Post: Loyola U Senior Rescues Stardom from Syndrome
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View Post: Bible Verses « David Bahn – Reflections
19 Nov 2009 by dlbpandp  
He shares how he recently has been asking people to share Bible verses with him as he watches his 14 month old granddaughter, Alexa, battle Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. OMS is a rare (1 in 10000000) autoimmune neurological disorder. ...
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View Post: Just me and my boys: Two Years
19 Nov 2009 by themacdonnells  
Next was antibody therapy to put his neurological disease (Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome OMS) in remission. I sit here on the last day of his antibody therapy. The feelings are still fresh. Although Lukas made it this far, ...
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View Post: Neuron - Innate and Adaptive Autoimmunity Directed to the Central ...
14 Oct 2009
We have combined genetic and biochemical approaches to analyze the function of the RNA-binding protein Nova-1, the paraneoplastic opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia (POMA) antigen. null mice die postnatally from a motor deficit associated with ...
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View Post: What is OMS (Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome)?
27 Mar 2009 by Kari  
Some infants, children, and adults suddenly develop a syndrome of opsoclonus, myoclonus, ataxia and encephalopathy. "Opsoclonus" is an unusual disorder of eye movement in which both eyes dart involuntarily (dancing eyes). ...
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View Post: the 2 year anniversary of the onset of oms
1 May 2009 by The Woodman Family  
once i read the symptoms of opsoclonus myoclonus sydrome i knew right away that is what my son had. now it was up to me to convince the doctors to do a full body mri to look for a tumor. it was july 16,2007 and i refused to go to bed ...
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View Post: Insights on Chronic-Relapsing Opsoclonus-Myoclonus From a Pilot ...
2 Mar 2009 by Pranzatelli, MR, Tate, ED, Travelstead,...  
Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome is characterized by abnormal lymphocyte trafficking into brain. The authors hypothesized that mycophenolate mofetil, a lymphocyte proliferation inhibitor, might be therapeutic. The cerebrospinal fluid and ...
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View Post: Deqlan Ross Higgins: SURVIVOR- CONNOR KHOURY, GEORGIA, USA
14 Sep 2009 by Deqlan  
Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome is an extremely rare auto-immune disorder that affects as few as 80 children a year in the United States. It is caused by a neuroblastoma, a cancerous tumor, or a virus. It is thought that antibodies in the ...
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View Post: a prospective study of the presentation and management of dancing ...
12 May 2009 by Anonymous  
related articles a prospective study of the presentation and management of dancing eye syndrome/opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome in the united kingdom. eur j paediatr neurol. 2009 may 5; authors: ki pang k, de sousa c, lang b, ...
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