Distant metastases from nasopharyngeal carcinoma at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 678-681

  Gacani, W ^b   Bal, I S ^b   Babu, M A ^b   Oburra, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 0035553480     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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