Gastric MALT lymphoma: A rarity

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-172

  Pervez, Shahid ^a   Ali, Naureen ^a   Aaqil, Hina ^a   Mumtaz, Khalid ^b   Ullah, Syed Siddiq ^a   Akhtar, Nake ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Lymphoma; MALToma; Stomach.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPEPSIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PAKISTAN; SEROPREVALENCE; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; STOMACH ULCER;

FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952345936     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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