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Neuroblastoma in a renal transplanted child

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A 3-year-old boy was diagnosed with neuroblastoma 2 years after a renal transplant that was complicated by acute and chronic rejection. Extensive immunosuppressive therapy may have contributed to the development or progression of this tumor which has not been described previously following organ transplantation.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    Terri Brown & Laura C. Bowman

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee — Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    Terri Brown & Laura C. Bowman

  3. Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2401 Gillham Road, 64108, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

    Stanley Hellerstein, Uri Alon & Bradley A. Warady

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Brown, T., Bowman, L.C., Hellerstein, S. et al. Neuroblastoma in a renal transplanted child. Pediatr Nephrol 7, 446–448 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00857567

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