Wilms tumor in monozygous twins: Clinical, pathological, cytogenetic and molecular case report

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 521-525

  Perotti, Daniela ^a   De Vecchi, Giovanna ^a   Lualdi, Elena ^a   Testi, M Adele ^a   Sozzi, Gabriella ^a   Collini, Paola ^a   Spreafico, Filippo ^a   Terenziani, Monica ^a   Fossati Bellani, Franca ^a   Radice, Paolo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Loss of heterozygosity; Monozygotic twins; POU6F2; Wilms tumor; WT1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; POU6F2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOMA; WT1 GENE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WILMS TUMOR; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 27544441178     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000184309.22583.66     Document Type: Article

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