Diagnosis and classification of small round-cell tumors of childhood [1]

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2181-2182

  Ladanyi, M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EWING SARCOMA; GENE TRANSLOCATION; LETTER; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SMALL CELL SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

EID: 0032762856     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65535-6     Document Type: Letter

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