Saga of Wilms' Tumor: Lessons learnt from the past

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 217-228

  Gupta, D K ^a   Sharma, Shilpa ^a   Agarwala, Sandeep ^a   Carachi, Robert ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nephroblastoma; NWTS; Pediatric malignancy; Wilms' tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645358090     PISSN: 09719261     EISSN: 09719261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.19271     Document Type: Review

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