| Literature DB >> 10519723 |
E Mercuri1, J Poulton, J Buck, V Broadbent, M Bamford, H Jungbluth, A Y Manzur, F Muntoni.
Abstract
A 5 year old boy developed severe weakness after receiving vincristine for treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Although weakness improved after the discontinuation of vincristine, other symptoms suggestive of a neuropathy persisted. Neurophysiological and genetic analysis at age 8 years indicated that vincristine had induced symptoms of a hereditary sensory motor neuropathy type 1A, which had previously been asymptomatic; his genetically affected mother was also asymptomatic.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10519723 PMCID: PMC1718125 DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.5.442
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Dis Child ISSN: 0003-9888 Impact factor: 3.791