Acute Activation of Metabolic Syndrome Components in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients Treated with Dexamethasone

Although dexamethasone is highly effective in the treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), it can cause serious metabolic side effects. Because studies regarding the effects of dexamethasone are limited by their small scale, we prospectively studied the direct effects of treating p...

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Main Authors: Warris, Lidewij T., van den Akker, Erica L. T., Bierings, Marc B., van den Bos, Cor, Zwaan, Christian M., Sassen, Sebastiaan D. T., Tissing, Wim J. E., Veening, Margreet A., Pieters, Rob, van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Marry M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928792/