Burkitt's lymphoma: The initial defining characteristics

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2004, Pages

  Mwanda, O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 8; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIROLOGY;

BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; HUMANS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 16644374483     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i8.9209     Document Type: Review

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