Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Jordan. Types and patterns of 111 cases classified according to the WHO classification of hematological malignancies

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 609-614

  Almasri, Nidal M ^a,c   Habashneh, Mahmud A ^b   Khalidi, Hasan H ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD15 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; LEUKOSIALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; JORDAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; JORDAN; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2942696131     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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