Gastrointestinal stromal tumors in western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-441

  Bokhary, Rana Y ^a   Al Maghrabi, Jaudah A ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOBLASTOMA; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SAUDI ARABIA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77956018572     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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