Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia managed in tertiary care center in a developing country
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Ibrahim A. Dabbous MD
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut-Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon
Department of Pediatrics, AUB Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.Search for more papers by this authorHassan Dbouk MD
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut-Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon
Search for more papers by this authorAbla-Mehio Sibai PhD
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of health Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon
Search for more papers by this authorLama Bahlawan MD
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut-Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon
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Ibrahim A. Dabbous MD
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut-Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon
Department of Pediatrics, AUB Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.Search for more papers by this authorHassan Dbouk MD
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut-Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon
Search for more papers by this authorAbla-Mehio Sibai PhD
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of health Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon
Search for more papers by this authorLama Bahlawan MD
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut-Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon
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