Malignant colorectal tumours in patients 30 years and below: A review of 35 cases

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 209-212

  Sule, A Z ^a   Mandong, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEGRO; NIGERIA; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NIGERIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033169735     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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