Colorectal Carcinoma in Young Females

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-235

  Olofinlade, Olusola ^a,b   Adeonigbagbe, Olusegun ^a   Gualtieri, Nicholas ^a   Freiman, Hal ^a   Ogedegbe, Olugbenga ^a   Robilotti, James ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b E Texas Gastroenterology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1642392267     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000072360.33202.F2     Document Type: Article

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