Renal involvement at diagnosis of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

• Main Authors: Mayerly Prada-Rico (Author), Carmen Inés Rodríguez-Cuellar (Author), Lucy Natalia Arteaga Aya (Author), Claudia Lorena Nuñez Chates (Author), Sandra Patricia Garces Sterling (Author), Mathieu Pierotty (Author), Luz Esthella Gonzalez Chaparro (Author), Ricardo Gastelbondo Amaya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute leukemia is the most common type of cancer in pediatric patients. This type of cancer accounts for a third of all childhood cancer cases. More than half of pediatric acute leukemia patients show signs and symptoms such as hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, pallor, fever and bruising at the time of di...