Delay in the diagnosis of retinoblastoma in China

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bai, Shuwei ^a   Ren, Ruojin ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Xu, Xiaolin ^a   Zhao, Bowen ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Li, Liaoqing ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; diagnostic delay; intraocular tumour; retinoblastoma; tongren hospital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINOBLASTOMA;

EID: 79551534882     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01930.x     Document Type: Article

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