Testicular germ cell tumors in prepubertal children

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-111

  Kusumakumary, P ^a,b   Mathew, Beela Sarah ^b   Hariharan, S ^a   Priyakumari, T ^a   Rajan, B ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Boys; Prepubertal; Testicular tumors

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PREPUBERTY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0033971747     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088800100276721     Document Type: Article

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