Bone involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 126-128

  Wessels, G ^a   Hesseling, P B ^a   Van Der Merwe, H P D ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CHILD; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030078380     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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