A case in a child of giant left-atrial myxoma associated with recurrent high fever and myxoma cells expressing interleukin-6

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 346-347

  Shiraishi, Isao ^a   Yamagishi, Masaaki ^a   Kato, Ryu Ichi ^a   Okumura, Yasuko ^a   Sato, Hisashi ^a   Tanaka, Toshikatsu ^a   Hamaoka, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT FEVER; TUMOR CELL;

CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MYXOMA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33645215086     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-0061-4     Document Type: Article

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