title: [Epidemiology of childhood leukoses at the Pediatric Clinic in Sarajevo over the past 2 years].
abstract: In retrospective study we analyzed 19 patients who were diagnosed and cured because of leukemia at Pediatric clinic in Sarajevo during last two years. From that number, 15 children (78.9%) were with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), 3 (15.7%) were with acute myeloic leukemia (AML) and 1 was with chronic myeloic leukemia. Among all pediatric malignancies percent of leukemias was 40.4%. Most of children with leukemia from Canton of Zenica-Doboj (42.1%) and then from Canton of Sarajevo (31.5%). Illness began mostly in winter months (36.5%), than in early spring (26.3%), and in autumn (26.3%), but there were no newly diagnosed in summer (July and August). More children with leukemia were from rural areas (57.8%), than from urban areas (42.2%).
authors.affiliation: Pedijatrijska klinika, Klinicki centar Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hasanbegović
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sporisević
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabanović
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zubcević
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies