Pediatric adrenocortical neoplasms: On the road to some clarity

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1005-1007

  Dehner, Louis P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 8118 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P57; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 9P; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS INDEX; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POINT MUTATION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0037663754     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200307000-00017     Document Type: Editorial

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