Chemotherapy-induced multiple vertebral compression fractures in a boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatrics International

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 683-685

  Kakihara, Toshio ^a   Watanabe, Akihiro ^a   Imai, Chihaya ^a   Hotta, Hiromitsu ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Uchiyama, Makoto ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Chemotherapy; Leukemia; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIHYDROXYCOLECALCIFEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; METHOTREXATE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PEROXIDASE; PHOSPHORUS; PIRARUBICIN; PREDNISONE; PYRIDINOLINE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE; VITAMIN D;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLAST CELL CRISIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL VALUE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 0036434442     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2002.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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