High-dose intense chemotherapy in South African children with B-cell lymphoma: Morbidity, supportive measures, and outcome

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-146

  Wessels, G ^a   Hesseling, P B ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

B cell lymphoma; Childhood cancer; Developing countries; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033961504     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200002)34:2<143::AID-MPO15>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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