Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas in Greece according to the WHO classification of lymphoid neoplasms a retrospective analysis of 810 cases

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Economopoulos, T ^a   Papageorgiou, S ^a   Dimopoulos, M A ^a   Pavlidis, N ^a   Tsatalas, C ^a   Symeonidis, A ^a   Foudoulakis, A ^a   Pectasides, D ^a   Rontogianni, D ^a   Rizos, E ^a   Chalkia, P ^a   Anagnostopoulos, A ^a   Melachrinou, M ^a   Papageorgiou, E ^a   Fountzilas, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Non hodgkin's lymphoma; Who classification

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NULL CELL; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GREECE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GREECE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, PERIPHERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 17144386216     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083446     Document Type: Article

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