Adult leukaemia in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-257

  Omoti, Caroline Edijana ^a   Awodu, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Incidence; Leukaemia; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PROLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 25644447581     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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