Lymphadenopathy and malignancy

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2103-2110

  Bazemore, Andrew W ^a   Smucker, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036966398     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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