Acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting in fulminant hepatic failure

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 842-845

  Litten, Jason B ^a   Rodríguez, Maria M ^b   Maniaci, Vincenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ALL; Cerebral edema; Hepatic encephalopathy; Leukemia; Liver failure; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATALITY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; JAUNDICE; LETHARGY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 33749175384     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20544     Document Type: Article

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