Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with wilms tumor (nephroblastoma) or other renal tumors of childhood

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1280-1289

  Qualman, Stephen J ^a   Bowen, Jay ^a   Amin, Mahul B ^b   Srigley, John R ^c   Grundy, Paul E ^d   Perlman, Elizabeth J ^e  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RHABDOID TUMOR;

BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHROMA, MESOBLASTIC; RHABDOID TUMOR; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYNDROME; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0141926420     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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