Primary cutaneous malignancies in sub-Saharan Africa

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-320

  Nthumba, Peter M ^a,b   Cavadas, Pedro C ^c   Landin, Luis ^c  

^a AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^b Pedro Cavadas Foundation   (Spain)

^c Clinica Cavadas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kaposi's sarcoma; malignant melanoma; Primary cutaneous malignancies; squamous cell carcinoma; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951772348     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181e7db9a     Document Type: Review

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