Leukemia in a patient treated with growth hormone

Aktan M., Tanakol R., Nalcaci M., Dincol G.

ENDOCRINE JOURNAL, cilt.47, sa.4, ss.471-473, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1507/endocrj.47.471
  • Dergi Adı: ENDOCRINE JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.471-473
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

It is well known that growth hormone (GH) therapy is associated with increased risk of development of malignant tumors, especially leukemia. In the case presented, growth hormone treatment was initiated in a 25-year-old patient with hypopituitarism. After 4 months of therapy with thrice a week injections of rhGH, acute It was thought that no clearcut evidence existed to establish a relationship between the growth hormone treatment and development of acute leukemia.