Childhood rhabdomyosarcoma in Ibadan, Nigeria: 1984-2003

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-355

  Brown, Bios J ^b   Oluwasola, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; TUMOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; FACE CANCER; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NIGERIA; ORBIT CANCER; PELVIS CANCER; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

AFRICA; IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447327503     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532806X152881     Document Type: Article

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