Hepatomegaly in neuroblastoma stage 4s: Criteria for treatment of the vulnerable neonate

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 521-528

  Hsu, Lewis L ^a,c   Evans, Audrey E ^a   D'Angio, Giulio J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

neonatal 4s; neuroblastoma; treatment

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FLOXURIDINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029906496     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199612)27:6<521::AID-MPO3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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