Virilising adrenocortical tumours in children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 623-628

  Bonfig, Walter ^a   Bittmann, Iris ^b   Bechtold, Susanne ^a   Kammer, Birgit ^a   Noelle, Vera ^a   Arleth, Sissi ^a   Raile, Klemens ^a   Schwarz, Hans Peter ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical tumour; Children; Virilisation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROTEIN P53;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GYNECOMASTIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRILIZATION;

17-HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; TESTOSTERONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VIRILISM;

EID: 0041408377     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1230-y     Document Type: Article

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