Retinoblastoma in Karachi, Pakistan

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-163

  Bhurgri, Yasmin ^a,b,c   Muzaffar, Suhail ^b   Ahmed, Rashida ^b   Ahmed, Nafees ^a   Bhurgri, Hadi ^b   Usman, Ahmed ^d   Faridi, Naveen ^e   Malik, Jawaid ^e,f   Kazi, Liaquat Ali G ^g   Bashir, Imtiaz ^h   Kayani, Naila ^b   Bhurgri, Asif ^a,c   Pervez, Shahid ^b   Hasan, Sheema H ^b   Soomro, Akber Haider ^c  

^a Karachi Cancer Registry   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^e CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^f Ziauddin Cancer Hospital   (Pakistan)

^g DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^h Zainab Punjwani Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Eye; Karachi; Malignant tumours; Pakistan; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA TUMOR; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 4344714720     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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