The limping child: A manifestation of acute leukemia

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 625-629

  Tuten, H Robert ^a,b   Gabos, Peter G ^a   Kumar, S Jay ^a   Harter, G Dean ^a,c  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Georgia Sports Med Orthoped Clin   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatosplenomegaly; Leukemia; Limp; Lymphadenopathy; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GAIT; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031719976     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199809000-00014     Document Type: Article

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