Intra-abdominal fibrosis in a recent cohort of patients with neuroendocrine ('carcinoid') tumours of the small bowel

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-185

  Druce, M R ^a   Bharwani, N ^a   Akker, S A ^a   Drake, W M ^a   Rockall, A ^a   Grossman, A B ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTRA ABDOMINAL FIBROSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR;

EID: 77950273477     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp191     Document Type: Article

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