Frequencies of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma subtypes in Kuwait: Comparisons between different ethnic groups

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-184

  Ameen, Reem ^b   Sajnani, Kamlesh P ^a   Albassami, Amani ^a   Refaat, Samar ^a  

^a HMJ Cancer Center   (Kuwait)

^b Kuwait Cancer Registry ^*

Author keywords

Arabs; Classification; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KUWAIT; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049094478     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-009-0801-z     Document Type: Article

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