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Retrospective family study of childhood medulloblastoma.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2005
Ng David, Stavrou Theodora, Liu Ling, Taylor Michael D, Gold Bert, Dean Michael, Kelley Michael J, Dubovsky Elizabeth C, Vezina Gilbert, Nicholson H S, Byrne Julianne, Rutka James T, Hogg David, Reaman Gregory H, Goldstein Alisa M
Abstract excerpt
Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant central nervous system tumor of childhood and can occur sporadically or in association with inherited cancer susceptibility syndromes such as the nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS). To determine whether an association existed between the risk of developing medulloblastoma and undiagnosed syndromes, we retrospectively reviewed clinical data on 33 patients with...
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