Questioning the need for routine bone marrow aspiration and lumbar puncture in patients with retinoblastoma

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-60

  Azar, Domit ^a   Donaldson, Craig ^a   Dalla Pozza, Luciano ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone marrow aspiration; Lumbar puncture; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SAFETY; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0037296595     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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