Changing pattern of childhood malignancies in Eastern Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-6

  Ocheni, S ^a,c   Bioha, F I ^b   Ibegbulam, O G ^a   Emodi, I J ^b   Ikefuna, A N ^b  

^a University of Nigeria Enugu Campus ^*  (Nigeria)

^b University of Nigeria Enugu Campus   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Changing pattern; Childhood; Eastern Nigeria; Malignancies

Indexed keywords

BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NIGERIA; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SARCOMA; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47249108893     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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