Tuberculosis and malignancy

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 461-487

  Falagas, M E ^a,b   Kouranos, V D ^a   Athanassa, Z ^a   Kopterides, P ^a,c  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77954291221     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq068     Document Type: Review

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