Simultaneous occurrence of retinoblastoma and neurofibromatosis I in a young child

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-125

  Koestenberger, M ^a   Kroisel, P M ^a   Lackner, H ^a   Urban, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Chromosome 9; Neurofibromatosis; Pericentric inversion; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION 13; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENUCLEATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA;

EID: 0037291544     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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