Conservative management of priapism secondary to leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 420-423

  Castagnetti, Marco ^a   Sainati, Laura ^a   Giona, Fiorina ^b   Varotto, Stefania ^a   Carli, Modesto ^a   Rigamonti, Waifro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Conservative management; Erectile function; Leukemia; Priapism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PRIAPISM;

EID: 48249086110     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21628     Document Type: Article

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