Teratomas in infants and children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 344-349

  Barksdale Jr , Edward M ^a   Obokhare, Izi ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extragonadal teratoma; Germ cell neoplasm; Gonadal teratoma; Sacrococcygeal teratoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICOFACIAL TERATOMA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EX UTERO INTRAPARTUM PROCEDURE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MEDIASTINAL TERATOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY TERATOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL TERATOMA; REVIEW; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TESTIS TERATOMA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS, GONADAL TISSUE; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 67651113975     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32832b41ee     Document Type: Review

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