Simultaneous occurrence of right adrenocortical tumor and left adrenal neuroblastoma in an infant with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 695-698

  Alsultan, Abdulrahman ^a   Lovell, Mark A ^b   Hayes, Kari L ^c   Allshouse, Michael J ^d   Garrington, Timothy P ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical tumor; Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11P; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIT1 GENE; METHYLATION; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOGENE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROBLASTOMA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED;

EID: 52249104866     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21694     Document Type: Article

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