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PROGENY OF SURVIVORS OF ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
Author(s) -
MOE P. J.,
LETHINEN M.,
WEGELIUS R.,
FRIMAN S.,
KREUGER A.,
BERG A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1979.tb05011.x
Subject(s) - medicine , leukemia , acute lymphocytic leukemia , chronic lymphocytic leukemia , medline , oncology , intensive care medicine , immunology , pediatrics , lymphoblastic leukemia , political science , law
. Eight successful pregnancies and one spontaneous abortion have been observed in 5 women belonging to a group of 212 Nordic children who had their antileukemic therapy discontinued before January 1, 1978. Furthermore a young leukemic man was the father of a healthy child after 4 years of intensive cytostatic therapy. No malformations have been observed in the progeny of these treated individuals.