Childhood cancer in Côte d'Ivoire, 1995 - 2004 - Challenges and hopes

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-115

  Yao, J J A ^a   Couitchere, L ^a   Atimere, Y ^a   Kone D ^a   Azagoh Kouadio, R ^a   Oulai, M S ^a   Stefan, D C ^b  

^a University Hospital of Treichville   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ACUTE BIPHENOTYPIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COTE D'IVOIRE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84873260210     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6365     Document Type: Article

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