Malignant liver tumors in South African children: A national audit

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1389-1395

  Moore, S W ^a   Davidson, A ^b   Hadley, G P ^c   Kruger, M ^d   Poole, J ^e   Stones, D ^f   Wainwright, L ^e   Wessels, G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INOCULATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER SARCOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; VASCULAR TUMOR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 45849116460     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9526-8     Document Type: Article

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