Incidence of childhood precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in north-west England

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9228, 2000, Pages 485-486

  McNally, Richard J Q ^a   Birch, Jillian M ^a   Taylor, G Malcolm ^b   Eden, Osborn B ^c  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034609276     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02562-9     Document Type: Article

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