A retrospective analysis of 1570 appendiceal carcinoids

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 422-428

  Sandor, Andras ^b   Modlin, Irvin M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032034066     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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