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α-Fetoprotein assay on dried blood spot for hepatoblastoma screening in children with overgrowth-cancer predisposition syndromes.
Pediatric research - 1 Dec 2014
Mussa Alessandro, Pagliardini Severo, Pagliardini Veronica, Molinatto Cristina, Baldassarre Giuseppina, Corrias Andrea, Silengo Margherita Cirillo, Ferrero Giovanni Battista
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BACKGROUND: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) and hemihyperplasia (HH) are overgrowth conditions with predisposition to hepatoblastoma for which early diagnosis patients undergo cancer screening based on determination of the tumor marker α-fetoprotein (αFP). Repeated blood draws are a burden for...
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