TY - JOUR T1 - Height and lymphoblastic leukaemia. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 300 LP - 301 DO - 10.1136/adc.58.4.300 VL - 58 IS - 4 AU - J Broomhall AU - R May AU - J S Lilleyman AU - R D Milner Y1 - 1983/04/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/58/4/300.abstract N2 - Two hundred and thirty six children with untreated lymphoblastic leukaemia were compared for height with the normal population by calculation of their mean standard deviation score. As a group, they proved to be significantly taller (P less than 0.0001), which gives support to the theory that growth hormone or a somatomedin may be involved in the development of the disease. ER -