Recommendations for the use of routine bone marrow aspiration and lumbar punctures in the follow-up of patients with retinoblastoma

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 130-134

  Moscinski, Lynn C ^a   Pendergrass, Thomas W ^b   Weiss, Avery ^b   Hvizdala, Eva ^a   Buckley, Kevin S ^a   Kalina, Robert E ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bone marrow; cerebrospinal fluid; lumbar puncture; retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; COST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINOBLASTOMA;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETINOBLASTOMA; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0029999711     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199605000-00006     Document Type: Article

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