Advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and radiation-induced meningioma in dizygotic twins - A rare case report

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 761-762

  Stein, Moshe E ^a,c   Drumea, Keren ^a   Bernstein, Zvi ^a   Daoud, Chaled ^a   Zarour, M ^b   Kuten, Abraham ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Italian Hospital of Haifa   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADVANCED NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; RADIATION INDUCED MENINGIOMA;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; TWINS;

EID: 0029910283     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869609084014     Document Type: Article

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