Pattern of occurrence of leukemia at a teaching hospital in eastern region of nepal - A six year study

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 173, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Kulshrestha, Ritu ^a,b   Sah, S P ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b SFS Flats Saket ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Eastern nepal; Leukemia; Pattern; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEPAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 67649159051     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.194     Document Type: Article

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