Delayed diagnosis in retinoblastoma

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 511-516

  Rodrigues, Karla E S ^a,d   Latorre, Maria Do Rosário D O ^b   De Camargo, Beatriz ^c  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Pain Center   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Delay of diagnosis; Leukocoria; Retinoblastoma; Signs and symptoms; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOKORIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRABISMUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETINA TUMOR; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28744454003     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1266     Document Type: Article

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