@article{Afridi_Amir_Munir_Raheem_Rehman_2018, title={TYPES AND SUBTYPES OF LEUKAEMIA IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED PATIENTS ADMITTED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD HEALTH IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL}, volume={26}, url={https://jmedsci.com/index.php/Jmedsci/article/view/530}, abstractNote={<p>Objective: To determine the frequency of types and subtypes of leukaemia in newly diagnosed patients admitted in<br>the department of child health of a Tertiary Care Hospital.<br>Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study, conducted in the Department of Child Health,<br>Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan, from June 2016 to December 2017. A total of 50 newly diagnosed cases<br>of acute leukaemia (subtypes of ALL and AML) were selected through non randomised convenient sampling. Patients<br>less than 15 years with clinical features suggestive of Acute Leukaemia were included while patients more than 15<br>years and under treatment chemotherapy/ radiotherapy were excluded. Common clinical features were noted along<br>with hematological parameters.<br>Results: Thirty one were male and 15 were female children who presented with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and<br>04% patients were of acute myeloid leukaemia with two patients male and 2 female. Ninty two percent cases presented<br>with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and 8 cases presented with acute myeloid leukaemia. On bone marrow examination<br>ALL L1 was predominant type. There were 44 cases of ALL L1, 2 cases of ALL L2 and no cases of ALL L3 noted.<br>In acute myeloid leukaemia 2 cases were that of AML type M2 and two of AML M4 and no cases observed in types<br>M0, M3 and M5.<br>Conclusion: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was the most common type of leukaemia followed by myelogenous<br>leukaemia, males were much more affected than females.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Medical Sciences}, author={Afridi, Jan Muhammad and Amir, Sabahat and Munir, Arshia and Raheem, fazlur and Rehman, Yasir}, year={2018}, month={Jun.}, pages={99–101} }