Clinical presentations of acute leukemia

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 472-476

  Shahab, Faseeh ^a   Raziq, Fazli ^a  

^a REHMAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Acute myelogenous leukemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLOR; SPLEEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904905469     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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