Gastro-intestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) - The Pretoria experience and a literature review

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 128-131

  Hartley, R J ^a   Becker, J H R ^a   Van Der Walt, H ^a   Luvhengo, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055178351     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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