Gastric malignancies in Northern Jordan with special emphasis on descriptive epidemiology

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2174-2178

  Bani Hani, Kamal E ^a   Yaghan, Rami J ^a   Heis, Hussein A ^a   Shatnawi, Nawaf J ^a   Matalka, Ismail I ^a   Bani Hani, Amjad M ^a   Gharaibeh, Kamal A ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH LYMPHOMA;

EID: 4344653659     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i15.2174     Document Type: Article

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