Clinical and epidemiological characterisation of Burkitt's lymphoma: An eight-year case study at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Owusu, L ^a   Yeboah, F A ^a,b   Osei Akoto, A ^a,b   Rettig, T ^a,b   Arthur, Fareed K N ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Burkitt's lymphoma; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLIMATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAVANNA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VEGETATION;

EID: 77951519435     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2010.11730283     Document Type: Article

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