Clinical trials in paediatric haematology-oncology: Are future successes threatened by the EU directive on the conduct of clinical trials?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1024-1027

  Mitchell, Chris ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; MELPHALAN; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISOLONE; RETINOIC ACID; STEROID; TIOGUANINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EUROPEAN UNION; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEUROBLASTOMA; PEDIATRICS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 35748937020     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.103713     Document Type: Review

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