Pediatric sinonasal rhabdomyosarcoma: Three cases and a review of the literature

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 174-180

  Herrmann, Brian W ^a,b   Sotelo Avila, Cirilo ^a   Eisenbeis, John F ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DESMIN; DOXORUBICIN; MYOGLOBIN; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOSE CAVITY TUMOR; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RHINORRHEA; SINONASAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0038136801     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(03)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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