D'Costa G, Siddiqui H M, Pradhan R M, Gupte S S
J Postgrad Med. 1989 Oct;35(4):191-5.
This paper presents an analysis of data collected from 242 cases of acute and chronic leukemia observed during a 10-year period. The incidence of childhood leukemia was 26.45%. In the present series, it was 35.95% for ALL, 21.9% AML, 38.4% CML and 2.89% CLL. The incidences of ALL and CML were found comparable to other series from Bombay. The geographical variations in the pattern of leukemias as observed in India are discussed.
本文对10年间观察的242例急慢性白血病病例收集的数据进行了分析。儿童白血病发病率为26.45%。在本系列中,急性淋巴细胞白血病(ALL)为35.95%,急性髓细胞白血病(AML)为21.9%,慢性粒细胞白血病(CML)为38.4%,慢性淋巴细胞白血病(CLL)为2.89%。发现ALL和CML的发病率与孟买的其他系列相当。讨论了在印度观察到的白血病模式的地理差异。