Leukemia in infants

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-227

  Somjee, Saika ^a   Sapre, Rupa ^a   Shinde, Shaila ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Dhond, Subodh ^a   Badrinath, Y ^a   Mahadik, Shashikant ^a   Chougale, Anuradha ^a   Ansari, Rasheeda ^a   Nair, C N ^a   Advani, S H ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Biology; Infants; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE;

EID: 0036517882     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02734226     Document Type: Article

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