title: Report of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in two sisters and successful treatment of both.
abstract: The authors report on 2 sisters with acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosed at age 30 months and 3.5 months. The younger one was referred 15 months after the first. The reason for reporting this case is family risk and also infant under 12 months, especially under 6 months, of age have extremely poor prognosis, but both sister are at present time on complete remission.
authors.affiliation: Hematology Oncology Research Center, Aliasghar Children's Hospital, Iran University for Medical Services, Tehran, Iran. khadijeh_armandi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Khadijeh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arjmandi
authors.forename: Parvanch
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vossough
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D012074:Remission Induction; D035781:Siblings