Spectrum and presentation of pediatric malignancies in the HIV era: Experience from Blantyre, Malawi, 1998-2003

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 515-520

  Sinfield, R L ^a,b   Molyneux, E M ^a   Banda, K ^a   Borgstein, E ^a   Broadhead, R ^a   Hesseling, P ^c   Newton, R ^d   Casabonne, D ^e   Mkandawire, N ^a   Nkume, H ^a   Hodgson, T ^f   Liomba, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; HIV; Malawi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE;

BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASMS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 33947665145     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20917     Document Type: Article

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