Childhood leukaemia masquerading as juvenile idiopathic arthritis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7472, 2004, Pages 959-961

  Murray, M J ^a   Tang, T ^a   Ryder, C ^c   Mabin, D ^b   Nicholson, J C ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BED REST; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 6944257169     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.959     Document Type: Article

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