Malignant lymphoma in Jordan: A retrospective analysis of 347 cases according to the World Health Organization classification

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 398-403

  Haddadin, William J ^a,b  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BONE MARROW TUMOR; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JORDAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOCYTOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MIXED CELL LYMPHOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27944491990     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.398     Document Type: Article

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