Distribution of ABO blood groups in acute leukaemias and lymphomas

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 584-587

  Vadivelu, Murali K ^a   Damodaran, Senthilkumar ^b   Solomon, John ^c   Rajaseharan, Annabelle ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemias; Blood groups; Childhood; Lymphomas; South India

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; CHILD; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN;

EID: 4444310431     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-004-0888-1     Document Type: Article

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