RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Height and lymphoblastic leukaemia.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 300
OP 301
DO 10.1136/adc.58.4.300
VO 58
IS 4
A1 J Broomhall
A1 R May
A1 J S Lilleyman
A1 R D Milner
YR 1983
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/58/4/300.abstract
AB 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.