Hodgkin's disease: Correlation between causes of death at autopsy and clinical diagnosis

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-64

  Provencio, M ^a   Espana P ^a   Salas, C ^a   Navarro, F ^a   Bonilla, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Causes of death; Hodgkin's disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0033953118     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008396826812     Document Type: Article

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