Hereditary persistence of alpha-fetoprotein in a child with testicular germ cell tumor

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 436-437

  Cochran, Pamela K ^a   Chauvenet, Allen R ^a   Hart, P Suzanne ^a   De Graaf, Siebold S N ^b   Cushing, Barbara ^c   Kroovand, Lawrence ^a   Wofford, Marcia M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Germ cell tumor; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033008017     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199906)32:6<436::AID-MPO9>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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