Retinoblastoma in Singapore: 1976 to 1995

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 154-160

  Tan, N W H ^a   Balakrishnan, V ^b   Ling, Y L F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Enucleation; Intraocular tumour; Leukocoria; Paediatric; Tumour suppressor genes

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031086887     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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