A GIRL TREATED WITH GROWTH-HORMONE PRESENTING WITH NEUROMYOPATHY AS 1ST SIGN OF ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA

被引:2
作者
DEGRAUW, TJ
DELEMARREVANDERWAAL, HA
ODINK, RJH
DEWAAL, FC
机构
[1] Dept of Pediatrics, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam
关键词
déficience en hormone de croissance / neuro-myopathie / leucémie aigüe lymphoblastique; growth hormone deficiency / neuromyopathy / acute lymphoblastic leukemia;
D O I
10.1016/0753-3322(90)90155-3
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
An 11-year-old girt being treated with DNA-recombinant growth hormone therapy presented with proximal limb weakness. Laboratory studies were negative. A few months later she presented with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). A diagnosis of carcinomatous neuromyopathy was made. After successful treatment of the leukemia the symptoms subsided and did not recur. © 1990.
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页码:287 / 289
页数:3
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