Gastrointestinal stromal tumors characteristics in Croatian Northern adriatic region

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 120, 2012, Pages 2512-2515

  Giljača, Vanja ^a   Grohovac, Dragana ^a   Kovač, Dražen ^b   Štimac, Davor ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; GISTs; North adriatic region of Croatia; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL FECES; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JEJUNUM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OMENTUM; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; STOMACH; SYMPTOM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEMIA; BIOPSY; COMORBIDITY; CROATIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872068295     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge10436     Document Type: Article

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