| Clinical Observation of Leukemia in Children: A Report of 45 Cases |
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Jung Yul Shin1, Byung II Kim1, Chun Jae Lee1, Dong Sup Han1, Kee Suk Whang2 |
1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine,Kyungpook National University Taegu, Korea
2Radioisotope Laboratory College ef Medicine,Kyungpook National University Taegu, Korea |
| 小兒 白血病의 臨床的 觀察 |
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愼重烈1, 金炳隨1, 李在春1, 韓東燮1, 黃基錫2 |
1慶北大學校醫科大學 小兒科學敎室
2慶北大學校醫科大學 同位元素科 |
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| Abstract |
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A total of 45 cases of leukemia in children seen at Kyungpook University Hospital from July, 1961 to June 1966
were reviewed with the following results. 1)The hospital incidence of leukemia was about 4 per 1,000 patients.
2)Male patients were more prevalent being male to female ratio 2. 5 : 1.0 3)The 4〜6 year old age group showed the highest morbidity(31. 0%). Generally the older children. had tendency of being affected more frequently.
4)44 patients with leukemia were acute type, among which lymphoblastic 29, myeloblastic 11 and monocytic 4. The remaining one case was chronic myelogenous leukemia. 5)The chief complaints in order of the frequency were fever (68.8 %), bleeding tendency (42.2%), weakness (35.3 %) and abdominal pain (35.3 %) 6) Hepatomegaly was observed in 66.6% of the patients. Splenomegaly and lymphadenopathy were noted over 64.4 % and 40.0 %, respectively. 7)The leukocyte counts were variable but the tendency of leukocytosis was found. 8)Thrombocytopenia was noted in 51.5 % of the patients studied. The platelet counts were correlated with the degree of bleeding diathesis.
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