Major dermatological malignancies encountered in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, southern Nigeria

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 32-36

  Asuquo, Maurice E ^a   Ebughe, Godwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALING; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBINISM; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872372701     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05562.x     Document Type: Article

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