The objective of this study was to evaluate the treatment outcome of children with acute leukemias at a university hospital in Singapore. Between January 1988 and lanuary 1994, 66 children were treated, comprising 13 cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and 53 of acute lyrnphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Survival from extensive burns in childhood
β Scribed by R. D. P. Craig
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 452 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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