Primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in childhood: Clinico-biologic features in two cases with review of the literature

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-207

  Schiavetti, Amalia ^a   Dominici, Carlo ^a   Matrunola, Marco ^a   Capocaccia, Paolo ^a   Ceccamea, Alberto ^a   Castello, Manuel A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA ploidy; lung tumors; rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CELL DNA; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG SARCOMA; LUNG TUMOR; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLOIDIES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 0030041606     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199603)26:3<201::AID-MPO10>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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