Profile of breast diseases at a self-referral clinic in Ghana

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-117

  Clegg Lamptey, J N A ^a,b   Aduful, H K ^a   Yarney, J ^a   Adu Aryee, N A ^a   Vanderpuye, V ^a   Kyereh, M ^a   Nkansah, A ^a   Edwin, A ^a  

^a KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast clinic; Korle Bu; Self referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST DUCT ECTASIA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTALGIA; MASTITIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METASTASIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RECURRENT CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249199029     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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