Sexual precocity associated with an abdominal tumor in an African boy

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-277

  Bode, Hans Henning ^a,d   Schimana, W ^b   Swai, B ^b   Bode, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal tumor; hCG; Hepatoblastoma; Precocious puberty; fetoprotein; catenin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ETOPOSIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; TANZANIA;

EID: 42449154623     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2008.21.3.275     Document Type: Article

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