Malignant tumours of female genital tract in North Eastern Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 142-145

  Kyari, O ^a,b   Nggada, H ^a   Mairiga, A ^b  

^a Maiduguri Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444360535     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i3.9144     Document Type: Article

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