Constitutional molecular defects are known to play a role in oncogenesis, as shown by the increased incidence of embryonic cancers in children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) or of leukemia in children with Down syndrome. To establish the incidence and spectrum of malformation syndromes assoc
Malformations in children with cancer
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 140A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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