IS INTENSIVE FOLLOW-UP FOR EARLY DETECTION OF TUMORS EFFECTIVE IN CHILDREN WITH BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME

Authors
DICATALDO A HAUPT R FABIETTI P SCHILIRO G
Citation
A. Dicataldo et al., IS INTENSIVE FOLLOW-UP FOR EARLY DETECTION OF TUMORS EFFECTIVE IN CHILDREN WITH BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME, Clinical genetics, 50(5), 1996, pp. 372-374
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Clinical genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00099163
Volume
50
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
372 - 374
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-9163(1996)50:5<372:IIFFED>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Two cases of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome who developed malignant tumor and eventually died are reported. The patients followed two different screening programs for early detection of cancer, and the most approp riate schedule of follow-up in carriers of this syndrome is discussed.