Late presentation of retinoblastoma in Malaysia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-217

  Menon, Bina S ^a,d   Alagaratnam, Joseph ^b   Juraida, Eni ^b   Mohamed, Mahfuzah ^b   Ibrahim, Hishamshah ^b   Nyi, Nyi Naing ^c  

^a University Putra Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Extraocular; Malaysia; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; ENUCLEATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOKORIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RETINOBLASTOMA; STRABISMUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 59449100543     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21791     Document Type: Article

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