Alpha-fetoprotein producing tumor cells in children with wilms' tumora: Case report

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 127-132

  Kesik, Vural ^a   Ozcan, Ayhan ^a   Sari, Erkan ^a   Guven, Ahmet ^a   Kismet, Erol ^a   Koseoglu, Vedat ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DACTINOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STROMA CELL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 77952130902     PISSN: 15513815     EISSN: 15513823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15513811003777284     Document Type: Article

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