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Childhood Acute Iymphoblastic Leukaemia: Experience From A Single Tertiary Care Facility Of Pakistan, Naureen Mushtaq, Zehra Fadoo, Ahmed Naqvi
Childhood Acute Iymphoblastic Leukaemia: Experience From A Single Tertiary Care Facility Of Pakistan, Naureen Mushtaq, Zehra Fadoo, Ahmed Naqvi
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Objective: To evaluate the demographic features, outcome and prognostic factors seen in children with acute lymphoplastic leukaemia at a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: The retrospective descriptive study was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, comprising data related to children below 15 years of age and treated between January 1997 and December 2006. Kaplan Meir survival curves were used to describe overall and event-free survival rates. Cox Proportional Hazards model was used to describe factors associated with death and relapse. SPSS 16 was the main statistical tool.
Results: Of the total 121 children diagnosed with the condition, 79 (65.3%) were …