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[Treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia and growth]. 1998

I M Monteiro, and A J Bedone, and C L Pinto, and S R Brandalise

Departamento de Tocoginecologia, Faculdade de Cências Médicas-Centro de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Mulher da UNICAMP, Campinas, SP.

BACKGROUND The treatment of the acute lymphocytic leukaemia can determine impaired growth. METHODS All the patients had length measurements at the time of the beginning of the treatment and, at least, one year after the end of it. CONCLUSIONS There was impaired growth after the treatment according to the dose regimens (18 or 24 Grays). No relation was observed related to the age at the diagnosis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D001827	Body Height	The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.	Body Heights,Height, Body,Heights, Body
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006128	Growth	Gradual increase in the number, the size, and the complexity of cells of an individual. Growth generally results in increase in ORGAN WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; and BODY HEIGHT.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D016371	Cranial Irradiation	The exposure of the head to roentgen rays or other forms of radioactivity for therapeutic or preventive purposes.	Cranial Irradiations,Irradiation, Cranial,Irradiations, Cranial