"Teratoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A true neoplasm composed of a number of different types of tissue, none of which is native to the area in which it occurs. It is composed of tissues that are derived from three germinal layers, the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. They are classified histologically as mature (benign) or immature (malignant). (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1642)
| Descriptor ID |
D013724
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.465.910
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| Concept/Terms |
Teratoma- Teratoma
- Teratomas
- Dysembryoma
- Dysembryomas
- Teratoid Tumor
- Teratoid Tumors
- Tumor, Teratoid
- Tumors, Teratoid
Teratoma, Benign- Teratoma, Benign
- Benign Teratoma
- Benign Teratomas
- Teratomas, Benign
- Teratoma, Mature
- Teratoma, Cystic
Teratoma, Malignant- Teratoma, Malignant
- Malignant Teratoma
- Malignant Teratomas
- Teratomas, Malignant
- Teratoma, Immature
- Immature Teratoma
- Immature Teratomas
- Teratomas, Immature
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| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Teratoma" by people in Profiles.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2024 Jul; 11(4):e200255.