Adult lymphomas in Edo state, Niger Delta region of Nigeria - Clinicopathological profile of 205 cases

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 302-306

  Omoti, C E ^a   Halim, N K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Clinicopathologic; Features; Incidence; Lymphomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COULTER COUNTER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NIGERIA;

EID: 26044460635     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2005.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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