Pediatric hematology and oncology in Cameroon, Africa: Past and future perspectives

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-317

  Abena Obama, Marie Thérèse ^a  

^a University Teaching Hospital Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; hematology; oncology; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAMEROON; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOLOGY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 9344270471     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019609030837     Document Type: Review

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4. Mbakop A, Doumbe P, Abena Obama MT. Cancers in Cameroonian children. First Continental Meeting of the International Society of Paediatrics Oncology in Africa, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 6-9 April 1994. Abstract volume poster 1, p 34.
5. Abena Obama MT, Zekeng L, Ketchiozo PK, Beyeme Owono M, Toukam Kouam B, Mbede J. Childhood leukemia is still a deadly disease in Yaounde, Cameroon: a report of 14 cases. Paediatr Hematol Oncol 1995;12:301-304.