Down syndrome: Possible predisposition to retinoblastoma

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-74

  Brichard, Bénédicte ^a   Vermylen, Christiane ^a   De Potter, Patrick ^a   Casteels, Ingele ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chromosome 21; Down syndrome; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN SYNDROME; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; TRISOMY 21; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; RETINA TUMOR; REVIEW; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENES, RETINOBLASTOMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA;

EID: 0038071675     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10299     Document Type: Article

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