Teratomas in childhood

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-292

  Azizkhan, Richard G ^a   Caty, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; GERM LAYER; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; OVARY TERATOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; REVIEW; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TERATOMA; TESTIS TERATOMA;

EID: 0029901787     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199606000-00018     Document Type: Review

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