Thyroid carcinoma at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 242-245

  Mulaudzi, T V ^b   Ramdial, P K ^b   Madiba, T E ^a   Callaghan, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035352652     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i5.9046     Document Type: Article

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