"Wilms Tumor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A malignant kidney tumor, caused by the uncontrolled multiplication of renal stem (blastemal), stromal (STROMAL CELLS), and epithelial (EPITHELIAL CELLS) elements. However, not all three are present in every case. Several genes or chromosomal areas have been associated with Wilms tumor which is usually found in childhood as a firm lump in a child's side or ABDOMEN.
| Descriptor ID |
D009396
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.435.595 C04.588.945.947.535.585 C04.700.635 C12.758.820.750.585 C12.777.419.473.585 C13.351.937.820.535.585 C13.351.968.419.473.585 C16.320.700.642
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| Concept/Terms |
Wilms Tumor- Wilms Tumor
- Tumor, Wilms
- Wilms' Tumor
- Tumor, Wilms'
- Wilm Tumor
- Wilm's Tumor
- Wilms Tumor 1
- Nephroblastoma
- Nephroblastomas
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wilms Tumor" by people in Profiles.
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Axt J, Abdallah F, Axt M, Githanga J, Hansen E, Lessan J, Li M, Musimbi J, Mwachiro M, Newton M, Ndung'u J, Njuguna F, Nzioka A, Oruko O, Patel K, Tenge R, Ukoli F, White R, O'Neill JA, Lovvorn HN. Wilms tumor survival in Kenya. J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Jun; 48(6):1254-62.
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Diwan BA, Timofeeva O, Rice JM, Yang Y, Sharma N, Fortini ME, Wang H, Perantoni AO. Inheritance of susceptibility to induction of nephroblastomas in the Noble rat. Differentiation. 2009 Apr; 77(4):424-32.
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Giron J, Perez Blair E, Hunter Mellado R. A clinico-pathologic presentation of a 23-year old-female with lymphangioleiomyomatosis and Wilm's tumor. Bol Asoc Med P R. 2006 Jul-Sep; 98(3):196-202.
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Singh S, Gupta R, Khurana N, Aggarwal SK, Mandal AK. Multicystic nephroma--report of two cases. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2004 Oct; 47(4):520-3.