Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia presenting with arthritis in an adult patient

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 885, 1999, Pages 425-427

  Usalan, Celalettin ^a,b   Özarslan, Ersan ^a   Zengin, Nurullah ^a   Büyükaýk, Yahya ^a   Güllü, Ýbrahim H ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sinan Caddesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Leukaemia; Synovial fluid analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE;

EID: 0032770818     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.885.425     Document Type: Article

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