Evaluating the impact of age and disease on survival of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients by a new method

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1601-1603

  Klepfish, A ^a   Rachmilewitz, E A ^a   Sarid, M ^b   Schattner, A ^c  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SARID Inst for Research Services   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE;

EID: 70349956593     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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