title: Childhood leukaemia: experience at King Fahd Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: One hundred and twenty eight children suffering from leukaemia were admitted to King Fahd Hospital of the University in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia during the period of January 1982-December 1992. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was the most common whilst chronic granulocytic leukaemia the least common among the studied group.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007938:Leukemia / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution