Clinical presentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Sarawak Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 624-628

  Tiong, Thung Sing ^a,c   Selva, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^c Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Lymphodenoapthy; Malaysia; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Presentation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645650186     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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