Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 284-286

  Igun, G O ^a   Ameh, Y Y ^a   Awani, K U ^a  

^a University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; INTESTINE POLYP; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; POLYPECTOMY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AFTERCARE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0032590107     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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