Autonomic nerve plexus involvement and prognosis in patients with rectal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 92-96

  Ueno, H ^a   Mochizuki, H ^a   Fujimoto, H ^a   Hase, K ^b   Ichikura, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033988165     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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