Pediatric leukemia revealed by a limping episode: A report of four cases

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-81

  Lefevre Y ^a   Ceroni, D ^b   Laedermann A ^b   de Rosa, V ^b   de Coulon, G ^b   Ayse, H O ^b   Kaelin, A ^b  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b The Children Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child; Leukemia; Limping

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GAIT; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PAIN; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 64349107910     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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