The epidemiology of neonatal tumours: Report of an international working group

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 509-519

  Moore, S W ^a   Satge D ^b   Sasco, A J ^c   Zimmermann, A ^d   Plaschkes, J ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Lab d'Anat Pathologique Ctr Hosp   (France)

^c Epidemiol Analyt Ctr Intl R C   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Congenital tumours; Neonatal tumours; Neonate

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; HYDANTOIN; HYDROCARBON;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CANCER; CONGENITAL TUMOR; CYTOGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROMATOSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LEUKEMIA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142183195     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-003-1048-8     Document Type: Review

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