Significance of splenomegaly in childhood Hodgkin disease

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 807-812

  Arya, Laxman S ^a   Dinand, Veronique ^a   Bakhshi, Sameer ^a   Thavaraj, Vasantha ^a   Singh, Rajvir ^a   Dawar, Ramesh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Hodgkin disease; Prognosis; Spleen involvement; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPLENOMEGALY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 10944248246     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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