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Abstract
Neoplasms which arise from peripheral nerve tissue. This includes NEUROFIBROMAS; SCHWANNOMAS; GRANULAR CELL TUMORS; and malignant peripheral NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, pp1750-1)
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- Peripheral Nerve Neoplasms
- Peripheral Nerve Tumors
- Neoplasm, Peripheral Nerve
- Neoplasms, Peripheral Nerve
- Nerve Neoplasm, Peripheral
- Nerve Neoplasms, Peripheral
- Nerve Tumor, Peripheral
- Nerve Tumors, Peripheral
- Peripheral Nerve Neoplasm
- Peripheral Nerve Tumor
- Tumor, Peripheral Nerve
- Tumors, Peripheral Nerve
- Peripheral Nerve Neoplasms, Benign
- Peripheral Nerve Neoplasms, Malignant
- Peripheral Nerve Neoplastic Infiltration
- Peripheral Nervous System Benign Neoplasms
- Peripheral Nervous System Malignant Neoplasms
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with specific peripheral nerve (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)
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2000(1966)
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- National Library of Medicine. Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010524. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010524
- Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554211