A case with acute leukemia presenting with cardiac tamponade

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-516

  Söǧüt, Ayhan ^a   Yilmaz, Kutluhan ^a   Yalman, Nevin ^a   Şahin, Kamil ^a   Babalioǧlu, Mustafa ^a,b   Ömeroǧlu, Rukiye Eker ^a   Cantez, Talat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Leukemia Foundation Health Unit   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE;

EID: 0033205278     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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