The prevalence of clubbing in different types of lung cancer

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 295-296

  Erkan, Mustafa L ^a   Findik, Serhat ^a   Kandemir, Bedri ^a   Atici, Atila G ^a   Talisöz, Hasan ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clubbing; Non small cell lung cancer; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUBBING FINGERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036765983     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.295     Document Type: Article

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