Extreme levels of alpha-fetoprotein in a newborn with a benign intrapericardial teratoma

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-77

  Meuris, Bart ^a,b   Gewillig, Marc ^a   Meyns, Bart ^a  

^a Universtiy Hospitals Leuven   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumours; Congenital heart disease; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN INTRAPERICARDIAL TERATOMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; STERNOTOMY; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERATOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 32044443622     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795110500212X     Document Type: Article

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