Agreement between diagnoses of childhood lymphoma assigned in Uganda and by an international reference laboratory

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 339-347

  Orem, Jackson ^a,b,c   Sandin, Sven ^a   Weibull, Caroline E ^a   Odida, Michael ^b   Wabinga, Henry ^b   Mbidde, Edward ^b,c   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^d   Meijer, Chris J L M ^e   Middeldorp, Jaap M ^e   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^a,f,g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^g FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkitt's lymphoma; Cancer; Epstein Barr virus; Non Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPPA STATISTICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TISSUE SECTION; UGANDA; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84871475397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/clep.s35671     Document Type: Article

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