Spontaneous humerus fracture and osteoporosis: An unusual initial presentation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 358-360

  Söker, Murat ^a   Devecioğlu, Celal ^a   Gürkan, Fuat ^a   Haspolat, Kenan ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; DEFLAZACORT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BONE DISEASE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0034455619     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200007000-00016     Document Type: Letter

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