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
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
Source Identifiers
Creator Keywords
Glycyrrhizin
C6 glioma cell
Cell proliferation
Specific protein
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.
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
Relations
[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272
Schools
医学部