A case report of hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Frey, Melissa K ^a   Worley Jr , Michael J ^a   Heyman, Katherine P ^b   Caputo, Thomas A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fumarate hydratase; hereditary; leiomyomata; renal cell cancer

Indexed keywords

FUMARATE HYDRATASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; CUTANEOUS LEIOMYOMATA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY LEIOMYOMATOSIS AND RENAL CELL CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CANCER; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MALE; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952737315     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.03.042     Document Type: Article

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