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Leukemia : true survival stories / by Sandra Markle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markle, Sandra, author.
- Series:
- Powerful medicine.
- Powerful medicine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leukemia--Juvenile literature.
- Leukemia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A young girl receives injections of chemotherapy to kill the cancerous white blood cells in her body. An eleven-year-old boy undergoes a transplant of stem cells to help his body make new, healthy blood cells. A new machine gives scientists a way to quickly check for and diagnose leukemia. That s powerful medicine Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of two young people who survived life-threatening leukemia. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to save patients who have the faulty blood cells that cause leukemia. You ll also discover amazing facts about your blood."
- Contents:
- What's wrong with Paul?
- What is leukemia?
- What's wrong with Bianca?
- Chemotherapy
- Stem cell transplant
- Update
- Bianca's necklace
- Blood is amazing!
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-73476-8
- 9786612734762
- 0-7613-6311-4
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