Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; epidemiology and clinicopathological features

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 150-153

  Yasmeen, Nuzhat ^a   Ashraf, Shamvil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63049110612     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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