This report describes a 10-year-old white boy who presented with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and several collapsed thoracolumbar vertebrae in 1965. His ALL was successfully treated, and he has been disease-free for over 10 years. He has now completely remodeled all of the collapsed vertebrae.
Osteonecrosis of vertebrae in a child with acute lymphocytic leukaemia duringl-asparaginase therapy
โ Scribed by T. Hanada; Y. Horigome; M. Inudoh; H. Takita
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 406 KB
- Volume
- 149
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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