The authors report five pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in whom symptomatic aseptic osteonecrosis developed on therapy. All patients had been on treatment with a modified BFM protocol and developed osteonecrosis in the maintenance phase of the protocol. The avascular necro
Osteomyelitis in pediatric patients with leukemia
โ Scribed by R. G. Murphy; M. L. Greenberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 258 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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