Hepatoblastoma in a girl with biliary atresia: Coincidence or co-incidence

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 603-605

  Taat, F ^a   Bosman, D K ^a   Aronson, D C ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alfa foetoproteine; Biliary artesia; Hepatoblastoma; Pluripotent stem cell; Small epithelial cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LIVER PARENCHYMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STEM CELL;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 4744362728     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20115     Document Type: Article

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