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CHILDHOOD-LEUKEMIA

check date: 24/08/2001
checker: Pamela
origination date: 22/09/2000
originator: Maribel
subject field: medicine: disease
URL: http://www.patientcenters.com/leukemia/news/leukfaq.html

originator: Arianne
origination date: 02/02/2001
URL: http://www.encolombia.com/ortopedivol197-reporte11-2.htm

originator: Arianne
origination date: 02/02/2001

Conceptual Structures
ISALEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-LYMPHATIC-AND-HEMATOPOIETIC-TISSUE
PHYSICAL-EVENT

English
childhood leukemiaterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: leukemia occurring in children, of which Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) is the most common type. Symptoms may include fever and flu, enlarged lymph nodes, etc. The only conclusive diagnosis is by bone marrow biopsy. The usual treatment is chemotherapy and sometimes radiation. Bone marrow transplantation is another possible treatment. (en)
context (x): I_chileu.txt

origination date: 14/01/2002
originator: Arianne

Spanish
leucemia en niñosterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: leucemia de la infancia, principalmente la Leucemia linfocítica aguda. Los síntomas incluyen fiebre, escalofríos, dolor muscular, etc. El único diagnóstico concluyente lo constituye la biopsia de médula ósea. El principal tratamiento es la quimioterapia, aunque a veces también se usa radiación. El transplante de médula ósea es otro tipo de tratamiento posible. (es)