Lung cancer in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital: Comparison of the clinical manifestations between the young and old age groups

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1236-1241

  Deesomchok, Athavudh ^a,b   Dechayonbancha, Namporn ^a   Thongprasert, Sumitra ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestation; Lung cancer; Young age

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 31544458437     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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