Long-term follow-up of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the recovery of beta-cell function.
We studied the evolution of beta-cell function in 32 children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) through a long-term follow-up after completion of therapy. Our results show that although alterations of the glucose metabolism persists after stop-therapy they are reversible with time.
Mohn
Angelika
A
Di Marzio
Daniele
D
De Berardiniis
Alessia
A
Di Marzio
Alessandro
A
Capanna
Rita
R
Fioritoni
Giuseppe
G
Chiarelli
Francesco
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors