Superficial malignant neoplasms in southwestern Ethiopia: A cytopathological approach

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 347-351

  Bezabih, Mesele ^a,b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Carcinomas; Cytopathology; Lymphomas; Sarcomas; Superficial malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMEAR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STAINING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 7444246025     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20129     Document Type: Article

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