Germ cell tumors

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Hawkins, Edith P ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumors; Tumor processing

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYTOKERATIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031899948     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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