Discrimination of acute lymphoblastic leukemia from systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis at disease onset

Discrimination of acute lymphoblastic leukemia from systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis at disease onset

OBJECTIVE: To assess clinical and laboratory features that differentiate acute lymphoblastic leukemia from systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis at disease onset. METHODS: Fifty-seven leukemia patients with musculoskeletal involvement, without blasts on peripheral blood and without glucocorticoid t...

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Main Authors: Mirian S. Tamashiro, Nadia Emi Aikawa, Lucia Maria A. Campos, Lilian Maria Cristofani, Vicente Odone-Filho, Clovis A. Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Children
Limb pain
Thrombocytopenia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011001000001

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