Clinical characteristics of Burkitt's lymphoma from three regions in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Mwanda, W O ^a   Orem, J ^b,c   Remick, S C ^b   Rochford, R ^d   Whalen, C ^b   Wilson, M L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW TUMOR; KENYA; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MAXILLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW NEOPLASMS; KENYA; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MAXILLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33744469099     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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