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Wilms Tumor

"Wilms Tumor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Wilms Tumor" by people in this website by year, and whether "Wilms Tumor" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 12 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2015
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