Clinical characteristics of Burkitt's lymphoma seen in Kenyan patients

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

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW TUMOR; KENYA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW NEOPLASMS; KENYA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 16644382470     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i8.9211     Document Type: Article

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