Delayed diagnosis of acute leukemia in a patient with bone pain and fracture

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 552-555

  Öztürkmen, Seda ^a   Akyay, Arzu ^a   Biçakçi, Zafer ^a   Karakoç, Yaman ^a   Arikan, Şefik Murat ^a   Çelebi Tayfur, Asli ^a   Aǧladioǧlu, Sebahat ^a   Olcay, Lale ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone involvement; Children; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALAISE; MALE; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; PALLOR; PLASTER CAST; RADIUS FRACTURE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 79551613965     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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