Asymptomatic renal cell carcinoma as a finding of Bardet Biedl syndrome

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-35

  Zaldivar, Renzo A ^a   Neale, Matthew D ^b   Evans, William E ^a   Pulido, Jose S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bardet Biedl syndrome; Renal cell carcinoma; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METASTASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SKIN BIOPSY; VARICOCELE; VISUAL ACUITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41149085539     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810701762642     Document Type: Article

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