Cystic neuroblastoma: Emphasis on gene expression, morphology, and pathogenesis

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-28

  Kozakewich, Harry P W ^a,b   Perez Atayde, Antonio R ^a,b   Donovan, Michael J ^a,b   Fletcher, Jonathan A ^b,c   Estroff, Judy A ^a,b   Shamberger, Robert C ^a,b   Diller, Lisa ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cyst; Congenital neuroblastoma; Cystic neuroblastoma; Infant; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CYST; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CYSTS; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MITOTIC INDEX; NEUROBLASTOMA;

EID: 0031598749     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900003     Document Type: Article

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