Clinicopathological study of head and neck cancers in Ilorin, Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-4

  Ologe, F E ^a,b   Adeniji, K A ^a   Segun Busari, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOMA; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIP CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NIGERIA; NOSE CANCER; PALATE; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TONGUE CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMELOBLASTOMA; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; NIGERIA; RETINOBLASTOMA;

EID: 13244264773     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0049475053001949     Document Type: Article

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