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Predictors of oral mucositis in patients receiving hematopoietic cell transplants for chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Apr 2004
Robien Kim, Schubert Mark M, Bruemmer Barbara, Lloid Michele E, Potter John D, Ulrich Cornelia M
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PURPOSE: Oral mucositis is a nearly universal and often severe complication following hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The objective of this study was to evaluate factors predicting oral mucositis severity among 133 patients undergoing allogeneic HCT for chronic myelogenous leukemia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients were transplanted between 1992 and 1999, were >or= 18 years of age, received either...
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