The age incidence of childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Mexico City

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-203

  Bernaldez Rios, Roberto ^a   Ortega Alvarez, Manuel C ^a   Perez Saldivar, Maria L ^a   Alatoma Medina, Norma E ^a   Del Campo Martinez, Maria De Los A ^b   Rodriguez Zepeda, Maria Del Carmen ^a   Montero Ponce, Ines ^b   Franco Ornelas, Sergio ^b   Fernandez Castillo, Gabriela ^b   Nuñez Villegas, Nora N ^b   Taboada Flores, Miguel A ^b   Flores Lujano, Janet ^a   Argüelles Sanchez, Muriel E ^a   Juarez Ocaña, Servando ^a   Fajardo Gutierrez, Arturo ^a   Mejia Arangure, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Epidemiology; Leukemia; Pre B cell leukemia; T cell leukemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CELL LINEAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; POPULATION; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 41849108105     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318162bcdc     Document Type: Article

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