Diagnostic value of lectin reactive alpha-fetoprotein for neoinfantile hepatic tumors and malignant germ cell tumors: Preliminary study

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 447-450

  Kinoshita, Yoshiaki ^a   Tajiri, Tatsuro ^a   Souzaki, Ryota ^a   Tatsuta, Kyousuke ^a   Higashi, Mayumi ^a   Izaki, Tomoko ^a   Takahashi, Yukiko ^a   Taguchi, Tomoaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Child; Germ cell tumor; Hepatoblastoma; L3 fraction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN L1; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN L2; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN L3; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; ISOPROTEIN; LECTIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OVARY TERATOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; YOLK SAC TUMOR; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; LIVER TUMOR; NEOPLASM;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LECTINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 47549092367     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31816916ad     Document Type: Article

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