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Molecular Pathology and Epidemiology of Nephrogenic Rests and Wilms Tumors
30 Aug 2007
Abstract excerpt
Perilobar (PLNR) and intralobar nephrogenic rests (ILNR) are distinct precursor lesions of Wilms tumors that have different structural, clinical, genetic, and epidemiologic features. Wilms tumors in East-Asian children have unique epidemiologic features in that the incidence is about half that of white children, an early age at diagnosis, a male predominance, and an association with ILNR. Loss of IGF2 imprinting...
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