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Neuroblastoma : Causes

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Causes could include:
Neuroblastoma can occur in many areas of the body. It develops from the tissues that form the sympathetic nervous system (the part of the nervous system that controls body functions, such as heart rate and blood pressure, digestion, and levels of...
Source:ADAM
Date:June 10, 2008
The causes of neuroblastoma are not precisely known. Current research holds that neuroblastomas develop when cells produced by the fetus(neuroblast cells) fail to mature into normal nerve or adrenal cells and keep growing and proliferating.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
The causes of neuroblastoma are not precisely known. Current research holds that neuroblastomas develop when cells produced by the fetus(neuroblast cells) fail to mature into normal nerve or adrenal cells and keep growing and proliferating.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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