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. 2025 May;60(5):718-720.
doi: 10.1038/s41409-025-02532-2. Epub 2025 Mar 3.

Adult height and growth hormone therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors treated with total body irradiation and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation before puberty

Charlotte Calvo  1   2 , Coline Mornet  3 , Caroline Storey  3 , Carine Halfon-Domenech  4 , Cécile Pochon  5 , Marie-Dominique Tabone  6 , Guy Leverger  6 , André Baruchel  7 , Catherine Paillard  8 , Marie Angoso  9 , Marilyne Poirée  10 , Dominique Plantaz  11 , Justyna Kanold  12 , Virginie Gandemer  13 , Anne Sirvent  14 , Sandrine Thouvenin  15 , Marlène Pasquet  16 , Jean-Claude Carel  3 , Laura Atger  3 , Julie Berbis  17 , Pascal Auquier  17 , Jean-Hugues Dalle  7   18 , Gérard Michel  19 , Paul Saultier  20
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Adult height and growth hormone therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors treated with total body irradiation and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation before puberty

Charlotte Calvo et al. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2025 May.
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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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