Nephrogenic rests and the pathogenesis of Wilms tumor: Developmental and clinical considerations

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 268-273

  Beckwith, J Bruce ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Denys Drash syndrome; Nephroblastomatosis; Nephrogenic rests; WAGR syndrome; Wiedemann Beckwith (Beckwith Wiedemann) syndrome; Wilms tumor pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18;

HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEPHROLOGY; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0032476054     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981002)79:4<268::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Conference Paper

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