Delayed diagnosis of leukemia and association with morbid-mortality in children in Pernambuco, Brazil

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Lins, Mecneide Mendes ^a   Amorim, Melania ^a   Vilela, Paulo ^a   Viana, Michelle ^a   Ribeiro, Raul C ^b   Pedrosa, Arli ^c   Lucena Silva, Norma ^a   Howard, Scott C ^b   Pedrosa, Francisco ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; diagnostic delay; leukemia; oncology; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BONE PAIN; BRAZIL; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATERNAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84866887608     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182580bea     Document Type: Article

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