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Acrophyseal growth arrest in a long-term survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Growth arrest at the secondary growth plate, also known as the acrophysis, is a rare phenomenon with only very few known published case reports. We report on a case of formation of ghost secondary ossification centers at the acrophyses of the knee joint in a 14-year-old female, who survived early ch...

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Autores principales: de Rooy, Jacky, Buckens, Stan, Brons, Paul M., van der Geest, Ingrid, Vanhoenacker, Filip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7652800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32564105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00256-020-03513-w