To determine the incidence of thrombocytosis at presentation in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), medical records of all children diagnosed at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh from 1980 to 1987 were reviewed. Out of 217 such patients, 7 (3.2%) had platelet counts greater than 400,000/mm3. All
Vertebral compression fracture as a presenting feature of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children
โ Scribed by Raul C. Ribeiro; Ching-Hon Pui; Michael J. Schell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 378 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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