Clinical features of kidney cancer in primary care: A case-control study using primary care records

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 609, 2013, Pages

  Shephard, Elizabeth ^e   Neal, Richard ^b   Rose, Peter ^c   Walter, Fiona ^d   Hamilton, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Haematuria; Kidney cancer; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; NAUSEA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; THROMBOCYTOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; BACK PAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84876279797     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X665215     Document Type: Article

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