Identical twins with medulloblastoma occurring in infancy

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 421-425

  Chidambaram, B ^a   Santhosh, V ^b   Shankar, S K ^b  

^a Natl Inst Mental Hlth Neurosci ^*  (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Familial medulloblastoma; Genetic susceptibility; Identical twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031718258     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050254     Document Type: Article

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