Medulloblastoma as a First Presentation of Fanconi Anemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-55

  Tischkowitz, Marc D ^a   Chisholm, Julia ^b   Gaze, Mark ^c   Michalski, Antony ^b   Rosser, Elisabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Chemosensitivity; Chromosome instability; Fanconi anemia; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FANCONI ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; FANCONI ANEMIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0346373800     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200401000-00016     Document Type: Article

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