Oral complications of bone marrow transplantation in adults with acute leukemia

Dreizen, S.; McCredie, K.B.; Dicke, K.A.; Zander, A.R.; Peters, L.J.

Postgraduate Medicine 66(5): 187-93 196

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5481
PMID: 40210
Document Number: 145046
In recent years bone marrow transplantation has become increasingly feasible for treating adult acute leukemia unresponsive to chemotherapy. However, the technique is not without significant intrinsic morbidity. The mouth is a singularly sensitive reflector of the cytotoxic, infectious, and hemorrhagic complications and of the graft-vs-host reactions associated with bone marrow transplantation in refractory acute leukemia.

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