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A Review of Prenatal and Perinatal Risk Factors for Childhood Retinoblastoma in India

Kush Chopra, Kirti Chawla

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Abstract

 Retinoblastoma majorly affects children under the age of five years. This review tries to elucidate the correlation of the factors not only limited to the genetics but also the health of the parents and their environment.

 


Keywords


Retinoblastoma, Childhood cancer, Prenatal factors, Perinatal factors, RB1

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