Increased Risk of Malignancy for Patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease and its Possible Link to the Pathogenesis of Cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 734-735

  Weel, E A M ^a   Redekop, W K ^b   Weening, R S ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030120309     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00627-3     Document Type: Letter

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