Unexplained anaemia and failure to thrive as initial symptoms of infantile choriocarcinoma: A review

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Blohm, Martin E G ^a   Göbel, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Choriocarcinoma; Failure to thrive; Hepatomegaly; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN DERIVATIVE; METHOTREXATE;

ANEMIA; BRAIN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FATALITY; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INCIDENCE; INFANT DISEASE; LIVER; MATERNAL DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SKIN; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ANEMIA; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0742286821     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1361-1     Document Type: Review

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