Case Report
Immature Gastric Teratoma of Childhood: A Case Report and Review of The Literature
Funda Çorapçioglu,
Gülandşen Ekingen,
Nazan Sarper,
B. Haluk Güvenç,
Corresponding Author
Funda Çorapçioglu
Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Turkey
Address correspondence to Funda Çorapçioglu, Kocaeli Universitesei Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Kocaeli, Turkey (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorGülandşen Ekingen
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorNazan Sarper
Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorB. Haluk Güvenç
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorFunda Çorapçioglu,
Gülandşen Ekingen,
Nazan Sarper,
B. Haluk Güvenç,
Corresponding Author
Funda Çorapçioglu
Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Turkey
Address correspondence to Funda Çorapçioglu, Kocaeli Universitesei Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Kocaeli, Turkey (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorGülandşen Ekingen
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorNazan Sarper
Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorB. Haluk Güvenç
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 01 September 2004
No abstract is available for this article.
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