A case of pediatric ovarian dysgerminoma associated with high serum levels and positive immunohistochemical staining of neuron-specific enolase

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1437-1439

  Tatekawa, Yukihiro ^a   Kemmotsu, Hisao ^a   Mouri, Takeshi ^a   Joe, Kazuya ^a   Ohkawa, Haruo ^a  

^a Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

neuron specific enolase; Ovarian dysgerminoma

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; BLEOMYCIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PIRARUBICIN; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSGERMINOMA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLEOMYCIN; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; TORSION; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 4444341980     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.05.023     Document Type: Article

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