The incidence of symptomatic osteonecrosis after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia - controversy on dexamethasone as a risk factor

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Reo Tanoshima et al. Br J Haematol. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;185(5):958-959.

doi: 10.1111/bjh.15657. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

¹ Division of Translational Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Keywords: acute lymphoblastic leukemia; corticosteroids; osteonecrosis.

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Low incidence of symptomatic osteonecrosis after allogeneic HSCT in children with high-risk or relapsed ALL - results of the ALL-SCT 2003 trial.
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