Mediastinal germ cell tumor in a child with precocious puberty and Klinefelter syndrome

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 547-548

  Bebb, Gregory G ^a   Grannis Jr, Frederic W ^a   Paz, Isaac B ^a   Slovak, Marilyn L ^a   Chilcote, Robert ^a  

^a Thorac Surg Cytogenet P   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 0031680244     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00504-9     Document Type: Article

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