3.3 Screening for predictive factors of ARE
The baseline characteristics of the patients with ARE were compared with those without ARE. Univariate analysis identified a high LDH value and high DIC score on admission, fever preceding induction therapy, and MYCN amplification as possible risk factors of neuroblastoma in patients with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma (Table 3). Uric acid and creatinine values, which are diagnostic markers of TLS, were not associated with ARE. (Table 3).