Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 173-176 , August 2009

Retroperitoneal Ganglioneuroma in Childhood—A Presentation of Two Cases

  • Vahudin Zugor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, St. Antonius Hospital, Gronau, Germany
    • ,
  • Günter E. Schott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Erlangen Medical Center, Erlangen, Germany
    • ,
  • Reinhard Kühn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Martha Maria Medical Center, Nuremberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Apostolos P. Labanaris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Martha Maria Medical Center, Nuremberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Urology, Martha Maria Medical Center, Stadenstrasse 58, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany

Received 15 July 2008 ,Revised 1 December 2008 ,Accepted 20 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60058-9

Pediatrics & Neonatology
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