Hodgkin's disease in children in Southern Africa: Epidemiological characteristics, morbidity and long-term outcome

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-373

  Hesseling, P B ^a,b   Wessels, G ^a   Van Jaarsveld, D ^a   Van Riet, F A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CAUCASIAN; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; RECURRENCE RISK; SEPTICEMIA; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030838242     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1997.11747912     Document Type: Article

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