Childhood cancer in Sudan: 1999–2007

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 208-210

  Abuidris, Dafalla O ^a   Ahmed, Mohamed E ^b   Elgaili, Elgaili M ^a   Arora, Ramandeep S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b Department of Paediatrics ^*  (United States)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUDAN; TIME; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EWING SARCOMA; GONAD TUMOR; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SUDAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149158084     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.070408     Document Type: Article

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