Actual half-life of alpha-fetoprotein as a prognostic tool in pediatric malignant tumors

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 599-602

  Han, S J ^a   Yoo, S Y ^b   Choi, S H ^a   Hwang, E H ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actual half life; Alpha fetoprotein; Hepatic malignancy; Malignant germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HALF LIFE TIME; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 0030829152     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01371908     Document Type: Article

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