title: [Acute promyelocytic leukemia in the west of Venezuela].
abstract: Twenty-nine cases of acute promyelocytic leukaemia of children and adults are reported. This figure represents 13.61% of all the acute leukaemias and 27.88% of the acute non-lymphoblastic leukaemias found in Zulia State between 1982 and 1987. Those findings mean a higher frequency than reported in other childhood as well as adult series. So, Zulia State appears as an important geographic area for the occurrence of this type of leukaemia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Salvo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weir Medina
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gómez Sánchez
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: de Baena
authors.forename: B U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: de Ramos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guevara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luengo Vera
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Vizcaíno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de León
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Leucemia promielocítica aguda en el occidente de Venezuela.