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A Case of Growth Failure Following Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation Successfully Treated by Replacement with Recombinant Growth Hormone

The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 41 Issue 3-4 Page 177-182
published_at 1994-12
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Title
A Case of Growth Failure Following Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation Successfully Treated by Replacement with Recombinant Growth Hormone
Creators Kamei Shinji
Creators Shironohara Kenji
Creators Oeda Eiichi
Creators Matsumura Shigeichi
Creators Kawasaki Kozo
Creators Kondo Hozumi
Creators Kaneko Toshio
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We report a case of 13-year-old boy with grouwh failure following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation which was performed at the age of 6 for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The patient had been preconditioned with total body irradiation,. Growth failure was observed in height and body weight, and growth hormone (GH) deficiency was confirmed by the endocrinological studies. The patient was successfully treated by replacement therapy with recombinant GH without recurrence of leukemia, the duration of administration being short and only for 1 year and 6 months.
Subjects
医学 ( Other)
Languages eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publishers Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Date Issued 1994-12
File Version Version of Record
Access Rights open access
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[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272
Schools 医学部