Severe hyperlipidemia in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with L-asparaginase and prednisone

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 743-744

  Athanassiadou, Fani ^a,c   Kourti, Maria ^a   Papageorgiou, Theodotis ^a   Stamou, Maria ^a   Makedou, Areti ^a   Boufidou, Amalia ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Department of Paediatrics ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Hyperlipidemia; L asparaginase

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GEMFIBROZIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LETHARGY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ASPARAGINASE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; PREDNISONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11844254702     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01991.x     Document Type: Article

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