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    Pediatric Blood & Cancer: Volume 48, Issue 1

    1-118
    January 2007
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Highlights

Pre-transplant minimal residual disease in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Parinda A. Mehta MD,  Stella M. Davies MBBS, PhD, MRCP, 
  • Pages: 1-2
  • First Published: 26 April 2006

Fertility preservation for young people treated with cancer: What are the attitudes and knowledge of clinicians?

W. Hamish Wallace MD, FRCP, 
  • Pages: 2-3
  • First Published: 15 May 2006

Reviews

Should ovarian cryopreservation be offered to girls with cancer†

Michael Weintraub MD,  Eitan Gross MD,  Avishag Kadari MD,  Vardit Ravitsky PhD,  Anat Safran PhD,  Neri Laufer MD,  Ariel Revel MD, 
  • Pages: 4-9
  • First Published: 07 July 2006

Research Articles

Effect of race on outcome of white and black children with acute myeloid leukemia: The St. Jude experience

Jeffrey E. Rubnitz MD, PhD,  Shelly Lensing MS,  Bassem I. Razzouk MD,  Stanley Pounds PhD,  Ching-Hon Pui MD,  Raul C. Ribeiro MD, 
  • Pages: 10-15
  • First Published: 26 April 2006

Genetic polymorphisms and haplotypes of DNA repair genes in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Samart Pakakasama MD,  Tanasan Sirirat MSc,  Saowanee Kanchanachumpol MSc,  Umaporn Udomsubpayakul MSc,  Surakameth Mahasirimongkol MD,  Pimpun Kitpoka MD,  Amnuay Thithapandha PhD,  Suradej Hongeng MD, 
  • Pages: 16-20
  • First Published: 24 January 2006

Incidence of skeletal complications during treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Comparison of fracture risk with the General Practice Research Database

Wolfgang Högler MD,  Götz Wehl MD,  Tjeerd van Staa MD, PhD, MA,  Bernhard Meister MD,  Andreas Klein-Franke MD,  Gabriele Kropshofer MD, 
  • Pages: 21-27
  • First Published: 29 November 2005

Prevention and monitoring of invasive fungal infections in pediatric patients with cancer and hematologic disorders

Liisa Hovi MD,  Harri Saxen MD,  Ulla M. Saarinen-Pihkala MD,  Kim Vettenranta MD,  Taru Meri MSc,  Malcolm Richardson PhD, 
  • Pages: 28-34
  • First Published: 04 January 2006

Incidence of catheter-related infections within 30 days from insertion of Hickman–Broviac catheters

Elio Castagnola MD,  Angelo Claudio Molinari MD,  Mareva Giacchino MD,  Nadia Chiapello MD,  Cristina Moroni MD,  Ilaria Caviglia PhD,  Giuseppe Fratino MD,  Riccardo Haupt MD, 
  • Pages: 35-38
  • First Published: 15 December 2005

Impact of telemedicine on pediatric neuro-oncology in a developing country: The Jordanian-Canadian experience

Ibrahim Qaddoumi MD, MS,  Asem Mansour MD,  Awni Musharbash MD,  James Drake MD,  Maisa Swaidan MD,  Tarik Tihan MD,  Eric Bouffet MD, 
  • Pages: 39-43
  • First Published: 25 October 2006

A phase II trial using thalidomide for Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Kenneth L. McClain MD, PhD,  Claudia A. Kozinetz PhD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 44-49
  • First Published: 06 December 2005

Central nervous system-related permanent consequences in patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis†

Edda Mittheisz MD,  Rainer Seidl MD,  Daniela Prayer MD,  Marion Waldenmair PhD,  Birgit Neophytou MD,  Ulrike Pötschger PhD,  Milen Minkov MD,  Manuel Steiner MD,  Helmut Prosch MD,  Martha Wnorowski,  Helmut Gadner MD,  Nicole Grois MD, 
  • Pages: 50-56
  • First Published: 08 February 2006

Urinary hepcidin in congenital chronic anemias

Susan L. Kearney MD,  Elizabeta Nemeth PhD,  Ellis J. Neufeld MD, PhD,  Dharma Thapa BS,  Tomas Ganz MD, PhD,  David A. Weinstein MD,  Melody J. Cunningham MD, 
  • Pages: 57-63
  • First Published: 11 October 2005

Caregiving time in sickle cell disease: Psychological effects in maternal caregivers

Judith Tedlie Moskowitz PhD, MPH,  Ellen Butensky PhD, PNP,  Paul Harmatz MD,  Elliott Vichinsky MD,  Melvin B. Heyman MD, MPH,  Michael Acree PhD,  Judith Wrubel PhD,  Leslie Wilson PhD,  Susan Folkman PhD, 
  • Pages: 64-71
  • First Published: 18 April 2006

Experiences of siblings of patients with Fanconi anemia†

Sadie P. Hutson PhD, RN, WHNP,  Blanche P. Alter MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 72-79
  • First Published: 15 June 2006

Attitudes and practices of pediatric oncology providers regarding fertility issues†

Tress Goodwin,  B. Elizabeth Oosterhuis,  Michaela Kiernan,  Melissa M. Hudson,  Gary V. Dahl, 
  • Pages: 80-85
  • First Published: 29 March 2006

Longitudinal growth and risk factors for growth deficiency in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia†

Maria Ivone Oliveira Pinto Vilela MD, MSc,  Marcos Borato Viana MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 86-92
  • First Published: 12 May 2006

Detectable minimal residual disease before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation predicts extremely poor prognosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Lucie Sramkova MD,  Katerina Muzikova Bc,  Eva Fronkova MD,  Ondrej Krejci MD, PhD,  Petr Sedlacek MD, PhD,  Renata Formankova MD, PhD,  Ester Mejstrikova MD,  Jan Stary MD, PhD,  Jan Trka MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 93-100
  • First Published: 06 March 2006

Brief Reports

Therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia in a child with Noonan syndrome and clonal duplication of the germline PTPN11 mutation

Christophe F. Chantrain MD,  Priscilla Jijon MD,  Thomas De Raedt,  Christiane Vermylen MD, PhD,  Hélène A. Poirel MD, PhD,  Eric Legius MD, PhD,  Bénédicte Brichard MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 101-104
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Acute myeloid leukemia in a child with hereditary thrombocytopenia

Susan R. Rheingold MD, 
  • Pages: 105-107
  • First Published: 07 November 2005

Interferon alpha 2b treatment in an eleven-year-old boy with disseminated lymphangiomatosis

Christian Timke MD,  Martin F. Krause MD,  Hans-Conrad Oppermann MD,  Ivo Leuschner MD,  Alexander Claviez MD, 
  • Pages: 108-111
  • First Published: 08 July 2005

Cervical paraganglioma—A case report and review of all cases reported to the Manchester Children's Tumour Registry 1954–2004

Amarnath Challapalli MD,  Lisa Howell MRCPCH,  Martin Farrier MRCPCH,  Anna Kelsey FRC Path,  Jillian Birch PhD,  Tim Eden FRCPCH, 
  • Pages: 112-116
  • First Published: 09 June 2006

Letters to the Editor

Blood safety and the choice of anti-hemophilic factor concentrate

Robert L. Janco MD, 
  • Page: 117
  • First Published: 24 October 2006

Atypical familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis responding to non-cytotoxic therapy†

Vasiliki Vlacha MD,  Gavriella Feketea MD, 
  • Page: 118
  • First Published: 24 May 2006