Bone marrow transplantation for thalassaemia major.
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Gonadal function after allogenic bone marrow transplantation for thalassaemia.
Thirty prepubertal patients with thalassaemia major (15 boys and 15 girls) aged from 9.3 to 17.2 years (mean 12.9) who had successfully undergone allogenic bone marrow transplantation were studied. Before the transplant all patients were given short courses of high doses of busulphan (total dose 14 mg/kg) followed by cyclophosphamide (total dose 200 mg/kg). Pituitary gonadal function was assess...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.45.7.553