Central nervous system tumours in Cameroon: Histopathology and demography;Les tumeurs du système nerveux central au Cameroun: Histopathologie, démographie

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-42

  Eyenga, Victor Claude ^a   Ngah, Joseph Eloundou ^b   Atangana, René ^a   Etom, Empime ^c   Ngowe, Marcellin ^a   Bassong, Yves ^b   Oyono, Jean Louis Essame ^d   Sosso, Maurice ^d  

^a YAOUNDÉ GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b Hopital Central de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^c Hopital General de Douala   (Cameroon)

^d Universite de Yaounde I Faculte de Medecine   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Central nervous system; Demography; Histopathology; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CAMEROON; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MENINX; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 51349107909     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/san.2008.0096     Document Type: Article

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