Epidemiology and prognosis of childhood cancers at Gabriel-Touré Teaching Hospital (Bamako, Mali);Épidémiologie et pronostic des cancers pédiatriques au CHU Gabriel-Touré de Bamako (Mali)

Medecine et Sante Tropicales

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-72

  Togo, B ^a   Traore F ^a   Togo, A P ^a   Togo, P ^a   Diakite A A ^a   Traore B ^a   Toure A ^a   Coulibaly, Y ^a   Traore C B ^b   Fenneteau, O ^c   Sylla, F ^d   Dumke, H ^e   Diallo, M ^a   Diallo, G ^a   Sidibe T ^a  

^a Service de neurologie   (Mali)

^b Point G Hospital   (Mali)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d Ophtalmologie Institut d'ophtalmologie tropicale d'Afrique   (Mali)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Children; Mali

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALI; NEOPLASMS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALI; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84899140063     PISSN: 22613684     EISSN: 22612211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/mst.2014.0291     Document Type: Article

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