Pathological study of retinoblastoma in Mbarara, Uganda

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-16

  Mukhtar, A U ^a,b   Kagame, K ^a  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b GSH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETINA TUMOR; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AFTERCARE; BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 0642276002     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v46i1.8516     Document Type: Article

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