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Present Problems in Management of Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: Experience from the Hospital for Sick Children, London

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Modern Trends in Human Leukemia IV

Part of the book series: Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Hämatologie und Bluttransfusion ((HAEMATOLOGY,volume 26))

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The majority of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street (GOS), are treated in collaborative protocols designed by the United Kingdom Medical Research Council Working Party on Childhood Leukaemia (UKALL trials). Data is presented from patients treated in these trials and in other protocols piloted at GOS for the Working Party.

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  1. J. M. Chessells
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  2. J. Ninane
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Molekularbiologisch-hämatologische Arbeitsgruppe, Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Martinistraße 52, D-2000, Hamburg 20, Federal Republic of Germany

    Rolf Neth

  2. Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014, USA

    Robert C. Gallo

  3. Institut für Virusforschung, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-6900, Heidelberg 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Thomas Graf

  4. Heinrich-Pette-Institut für Experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie an der Universität Hamburg, Martinistraße 52, D-2000, Hamburg 20, Federal Republic of Germany

    Klaus Mannweiler

  5. Abteilung für Haematologie und Onkologie, Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Martinistr. 52, D-2000, Hamburg 20, Federal Republic of Germany

    Kurt Winkler

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Chessells, J.M., Ninane, J., Tiedemann, K. (1981). Present Problems in Management of Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: Experience from the Hospital for Sick Children, London. In: Neth, R., Gallo, R.C., Graf, T., Mannweiler, K., Winkler, K. (eds) Modern Trends in Human Leukemia IV. Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Hämatologie und Bluttransfusion, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67984-1_16

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