Nasopharyngeal cancer at the University College Hospital Ibadan Cancer Registry: An update

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-138

  Nwaorgu, O G B ^a   Ogunbiyi, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Human papilloma virus; Ibadan Nigeria; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Nasopharynx

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 4043172093     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v23i2.28105     Document Type: Article

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