Patients with primary brain tumors as organ donors: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-77

  Punnett, Angela S ^a   McCarthy, Lisa J ^a   Dirks, Peter B ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Case report; Donor derived malignancy; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHUNTING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CHILD; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RISK; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 2942596415     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20039     Document Type: Review

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