Co-existence of TB and adult haematological cancers in Benin City, Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 205-207

  Omoti, Caroline Edijana ^a   Olu Eddo, Adesuwa Noma ^b   Nwannadi, Alexander Ikenna ^a  

^a Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEUKEMIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NIGERIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSCLEROTIC MYELOMA; REMISSION; RICHTER SYNDROME; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349330213     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.080348     Document Type: Article

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