Carcinoid tumors of the appendix. Our experience in a university hospital

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 434-437

  Guraya, Salman Y ^a   Khairy, Gamal A ^a   Ghallab, Alla ^a   Al Saigh, Abdulaziz ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 17844402482     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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