Sacrococcygeal Teratoma in Nigerian Children
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Sacrococcygeal teratoma in Nigerian children.
Williams, A. Olufemi, Lagundoye, S. B., and Bankole, M. A. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 110. Sacrococcygeal teratoma in Nigerian children. Two-thirds of all teratomas seen in 31 Nigerian children at Ibadan were situated in the sacrococcygeal region. About one-quarter of all the sacrococcygeal teratomas were malignant as shown on radiological and pathological examinations. The m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.45.239.110