Weaver syndrome and neuroblastoma

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 758-760

  Coulter, Don ^a   Powell, Cynthia M ^a   Gold, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroblastoma; Weaver syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NSD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAVER SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETICS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 58149229669     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181758974     Document Type: Article

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