Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Jehovah's Witness Girl / 대한소아혈액종양학회지
Korean Journal of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
;
: 105-109, 2003.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-115285
ABSTRACT
Recent advances in the treatment of leukemia are closely related to the development of intensive chemotherapy, which needs multiple blood transfusions during bone marrow suppression. Patients of the Jehovah's Witness refuse blood transfusions and therefore hematologists are faced with major dilemma in the treatment of these patients with leukemia. We report an 11-year-old girl of Jehovah's Witness with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who refused blood transfusions during chemotherapy. She was treated by intensive chemotherapy and her remission and induction was successful with the support of G-CSF and erythropoietin. She has been in remission state for over 6 years since the completion of chemotherapy. We also made a brief review of related literatures.
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Main subject:
Blood Transfusion
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Bone Marrow
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Leukemia
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Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
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Erythropoietin
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Drug Therapy
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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