Incidental carcinoid tumors of the appendix: Do they affect presentation or prognosis?

International Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 331-334

  Van Gompel, Jamie J ^a   Stoddard, Emily ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendiceal tumors; Appendicitis; Carcinoid tumor; Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41049099360     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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