Growth and hormonal status of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
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- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 53 (11) , 890-894
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.53.11.890
Abstract
Growth and hypothalamic-pituitary function have been studied in children in long-term remission from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). All 14 children are growing and developing normally; in the 8 children in whom the hypothalamic pituitary axis was investigated endocrine function is normal. Continuing long-term review of these children is essential, but hypothalamic-pituitary investigation is required only when there is a decrease in growth velocity or delay in the onset of puberty.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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