The present paper is a retrospective study of one hundred and thirty five germ cell tumors seen in children at the University Hospital, Varanasi during a period of 21 years. These tumors constituted 7.5% of all solid tumors in the pediatric age group. Histologically 89 tumors (65.9%) were benign and
In utero exposure to female hormones and germ cell tumors in children
โ Scribed by Sadhna Shankar; Stella Davies; Roger Giller; Mark Krailo; Mary Davis; Kathleen Gardner; Hui Cai; Leslie Robison; Xiao-Ou Shu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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