Trends and morphology of central nervous system malignancies in Karachi

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2013-2017

  Bhurgri, Yasmin ^a,b   Bhurgri, Hadi ^a   Kayani, Naila ^a   Ahmad, Rashida ^a   Usman, Ahmed ^c   Bhurgri, Asif ^a,d,e,f   Bashir, Imtiaz ^f   Hasan, Sheema H ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre   (Pakistan)

^d DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^e Sindlab   (Pakistan)

^f Zainab Punjwani Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Brain and spinal cord cancers; Karachi; Morphology; Pakistan; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858116488     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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