Clinical pathologic study of a cohort of patients with retinoblastoma from a developing country

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 294-299

  Orellana, Maria E ^a   Fernandes, Bruno F ^b   Arean, Carolina ^a   Pifano, Imelda ^a   Al Kandari, Abdullah ^b   Burnier Jr , Miguel N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHOROID; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PROGNOSIS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCLERA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VITREOUS BODY; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENEZUELA;

BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 70449719279     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20090903-07     Document Type: Article

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