title: Leukaemia phenotype and ethnicity in children living in the United Arab Emirates.
abstract: Immunophenotyping was carried out in the presentation bone marrow samples of 32 children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), living in the UAE. Twenty two had B-cell precursor ALL, 10 had T-cell precursor leukaemia. Clinical features were in accordance with internationally reported series. Analysis of ethnic origin showed that children of subcontinental origin (Indian and Pakistani) had a significantly higher proportion of T-cell ALL than their Arabic counterparts. This may reflect an interim phase in the pattern of ALL, between those of the developing and industrialized countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Révész
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pramathan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mpofu
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000453:epidemiology