Primary cardiac tumours in childhood.
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Simcha, A., Wells, B. G., Tynan, M. J., and Waterston, D. J. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 508. Primary cardiac tumours in childhood. Eight children with cardiac tumours are described. Six were diagnosed as spaceoccupying lesions after they had been investigated without incident; all six were operated upon and two survived. The need to investigate and treat these tumours surgically is emphasized.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 46 248 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1971