Correlation of body fat distribution with grade of endometrial cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 138-142

  Douchi, Tsutomu ^a   Ijuin, Hirofumi ^a   Nakamura, Sachiko ^a   Oki, Toshimichi ^a   Maruta, Kuninori ^a   Nagata, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031127127     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.4599     Document Type: Article

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