Mediastinal Burkitt lymphoma in childhood

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2127-2128

  Pillon, Marta ^a   Aricò, Maurizio ^b   Mussolin, Lara ^c   Mainardi, Chiara ^a   Giraldi, Eugenia ^d   Garaventa, Alberto ^e   Lombardi, Alessandra ^f   Santoro, Nicola ^g   Carraro, Elisa ^a   d'Amore, Emanuele S G ^h   Rosolen, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO TOSCANO TUMORI   (Italy)

^c Istituto Ricerca Pediatrica   (Italy)

^d PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Pediatric Hematology Oncology   (Italy)

^h SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MELPHALAN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE STRUCTURE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84922609741     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25127     Document Type: Letter

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