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Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacogenetic determinants of osteonecrosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Blood - 24 Feb 2011
Kawedia Jitesh D, Kaste Sue C, Pei Deqing, Panetta John C, Cai Xiangjun, Cheng Cheng, Neale Geoffrey, Howard Scott C, Evans William E, Pui Ching-Hon, Relling Mary V
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Osteonecrosis is a severe glucocorticoid-induced complication of acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment. We prospectively screened children (n = 364) with magnetic resonance imaging of hips and knees, regardless of symptoms; the cumulative incidence of any (grade 1-4) versus symptomatic (grade 2-...
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