Pancreatic adenocarcinoma associated with Werner's syndrome (adult-onset progeria)

Gastrointestinal Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-28

  Chun, Stephen G ^a,b   Yee, Nelson S ^c,d   Holland, John M ^e   Shohet, Ralph V ^a   Palalay, Melvin P ^a   Bryant Greenwood, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECQ HELICASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 79955581242     PISSN: 19347820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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