Relapsed acute leukemia in children: Oman Experience

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-173

  Lamki, Zakia Al ^a   Wali, Yasser A ^a   Shah, Wasifuddin M ^a   Zachariah, Mathew ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Children; Oman; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS CANCER;

ACUTE DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; MALE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542289827     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010490273127     Document Type: Article

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