Patterns of malignant tumors of the brain and spinal cord in Bahrain: Fifty-two year period

Bahrain Medical Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 54-58

  Ansari, Naseem A ^a   Al Hilli, Fayek ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BAHRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 22044437560     PISSN: 10128298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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