Treating leukemia in a resource-poor setting

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 410-412

  Menon, Janaki ^a,b   Mathews, L ^a   Purushothaman, K K ^a  

^a Government Medical College   (India)

^b Shahana   (India)

Author keywords

India; Leukemia; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REMISSION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44349127876     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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