Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumours - Report of a case and review of literature

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mulchandani, Manoj H ^a   Chattopadhyay, Dipankar ^a   Obafunwa, John O ^a   Joypaul, Vickram B ^a  

^a SOUTH TYNESIDE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING COLON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM TUMOR; REVIEW; SPLEEN CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 27444441922     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-3-46     Document Type: Review

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