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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Retinoblastoma was first described in 1809 by James Wardrop. | |||
Retinoblastoma was first described in | In 1899, Flexner and Wintersteiner were the first to discover the association between tumor rosettes and photoreceptors of the adult retina. | ||
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== | Retinoblastoma was first described in 1809 by James Wardrop. In 1899, Flexner and Wintersteiner were the first to discover the association between tumor rosettes and photoreceptors of the adult retina. It 1920s Verhoeff claimed that the tumor arose from embryonic retinal cells and hence proposed the name "retinoblastoma." | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Disease]] | [[Category:Disease]] | ||
[[Category:Ophthalmology]] | [[Category:Ophthalmology]] | ||
[[Category:Types of cancer]] | [[Category:Types of cancer]] | ||
[[Category:hereditary cancers]] | [[Category:hereditary cancers]] | ||
Revision as of 20:17, 14 October 2015
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1],Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]
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Overview
Retinoblastoma was first described in 1809 by James Wardrop. In 1899, Flexner and Wintersteiner were the first to discover the association between tumor rosettes and photoreceptors of the adult retina.
Historical Perspective
Retinoblastoma was first described in 1809 by James Wardrop. In 1899, Flexner and Wintersteiner were the first to discover the association between tumor rosettes and photoreceptors of the adult retina. It 1920s Verhoeff claimed that the tumor arose from embryonic retinal cells and hence proposed the name "retinoblastoma."