Gastrointestinal, liver and biliary tract pathology: A histopathological and epidemiological perspective from Pakistan with a review of the literature

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6997-7005

  Ahmad, Zubair ^a   Arshad, Huma ^a   Fatima, Saira ^a   Idrees, Romana ^a   Ud Din, Nasir ^a   Ahmed, Rashida ^a   Ahmed, Arsalan ^a   Memon, Aisha ^a   Minhas, Khurram ^a   Arif, Muhammad ^a   Fatima, Samia ^a   Haroon, Saroona ^a   Pervez, Shahid ^a   Hasan, Sheema ^a   Kayani, Naila ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biliary tract; Epidemiology; Gastrointestinal tract; Histopathology; Liver; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAKISTAN; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892468599     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.11.6997     Document Type: Article

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