Prevalence and patterns of morphological abnormalities in patients with childhood cancer

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Merks, Johannes H M ^a   Özgen, Heval M ^a,b   Koster, Jan ^d   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^d   Caron, Huib N ^a   Hennekam, Raoul C M ^a,c  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38049088135     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2007.66     Document Type: Article

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