Burkitt lymphoma in the Cote D'Ivoire from 1966 to 1995: A progress report

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 206-209

  Plo, Kouié J ^a  

^a Université Alassane Ouattara   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Burkitt lymphoma; Childhood cancer; Epidemiology; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; COTE D'IVOIRE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033622044     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200003)34:3<206::AID-MPO8>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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