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Relationship of growth hormone deficiency and leukemia
R Rapaport1, S E Oberfield, L Robison
1University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|May 1, 1995
Abstract:
The use of growth hormone (GH) has been implicated as a possible risk factor for leukemia. We present data from six patients that support a working hypothesis that an increased risk of leukemia may exist in patients with GH deficiency not related to exogenous use of GH.