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Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor): a model system of aberrant renal development.
Seminars in diagnostic pathology - 1 May 1994
Re G G, Hazen-Martin D J, Sens D A, Garvin A J
Abstract excerpt
Wilms' tumor, or nephroblastoma, is a developmental malignancy of the kidney that affects approximately 1 in 10,000 children between 1 and 6 years of age. Typically, the histology of nephroblastoma reveals a disorganized renal developmental process showing blastema and epithelia randomly interspersed in varying amounts of stroma. This developmental disruption is associated with the loss of function of the tumor...
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