Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the orbit in a newborn: A case report and review

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-131

  Fezza, John P ^a,b   Wolfley, Darrell E ^a   Flynn, Stuart D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology Yale University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030946383     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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