Tumours and tumour-like lesions of the lower face at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana - An eight year study

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Parkins, Grace E A ^a   Armah, George ^b   Ampofo, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMELOBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FACE CANCER; FACE DISORDER; FACE EDEMA; FACE PAIN; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GHANA; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEIOMYOMA; LIP TUMOR; LIPOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYXOMA; ODONTOGENIC TUMOR; ONSET AGE; OSTEOMA; PLASMACYTOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SEX RATIO; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TONGUE TUMOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INCIDENCE; MANDIBLE TUMOR; MAXILLA TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ODONTOGENIC TUMORS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 34547232162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-48     Document Type: Article

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