Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

The prevalence study of different types of leukemias in population of Bhavnagar District.

Kinjal Bera, Gautam Chauhan

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 OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to analyze the trends in the incidence rates of four main types of Leukemias in the population of Bhavnagar district.Previous studies have shown important geographic variation and trend patterns of different types of leukemia.Epidemiological study can play a vital role in understanding the occurence and outcome of the disease. METHODS:Study of 165 cases was done, data of these cases have been collected from Department of pathology, Government medical college, Bhavnagar.The data was analyzed in relation to patient‘s age, sex and type of leukemia. RESULTS:In present study it was observed that acute leukemia is more prevalent than chronic leukemia, male to female ratio is 1.8:1, among acute leukemia ALL is common and among chronic leukemia CML is common. CONCLUSIONS:Leukemias are more prevalent in males and acute leukemias exceeds in frequency than chronic leukemias.

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Kinjal Bera, Gautam Chauhan The prevalence study of different types of leukemias in population of Bhavnagar District. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 3 March 2016

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