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Incidence and risk factors for cataract after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for childhood leukaemia: an <scp>LEA</scp> study
4 Oct 2014
Abstract excerpt
Cataract was prospectively assessed by serial slip lamp tests in 271 patients included in the Leucémie Enfants Adolescents (LEA) programme, the French cohort of childhood leukaemia survivors. All had received haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) after total body irradiation (TBI, n = 201) or busulfan-based (n = 70) myeloablative conditioning regimen. TBI was fractionated in all but six patients. The...
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