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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Oct 17;17(12):1725–1738. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.10.006

Table 1.

Studies of Thyroid Dysfunction (TD) Following Pediatric HCT*

Reference Incidence of TD Number Disease Conditioning F/U Median (range) Risk Factors
Michel et al. 1997 5 9% 26 AML BU + CY 5.9 yrs (1–9) None
Afify et al. 2000 6 0% 23 AML only BU + CY 4.9 yrs (2–10) None
Slatter et al. 2004 7 11% 83 PID only BU + CY NR (2–4.5) Autoimmunity?
Ishiguro et al. 2004 4 30% 147 Varied Varied 11.1 yrs (5.8–21.5) Age <10 yrs
Berger et al. 2005 8 27%
29%
101
14
ALL only
ALL only
FTBI + Chemo
BU + Chemo
8.5 yrs (5–16.5) Age <10 yrs; Transplant in >CR1
Leung et al. 2007 9 34% 155 Varied Varied 9 yrs (3.1–15.9) Young age; higher dose TBI
Sanders et al. 2008 2 32%
23%
538
108
Varied
Varied
FTBI + CY
BU + Chemo
NR (1–30) Age <10 yrs; Malignancy
Dvorak et al. 2008 10 8% 25 Varied Varied 6.5 yrs (1–15) Only seen in FTBI recipients
Bailey et al. 2008 3 52% 33 Mainly malignancy FTBI + Chemo 4 yrs (0.5–8.5) Unrelated Donors
Sanders et al. 2011 11 12% 137 SAA only CY/CY + TBI 21.8 yrs (1–38.1) TBI
*

Studies including only unfractionated TBI were excluded

AML Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia

ALL Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

SAA Severe Aplastic Anemia

PID Primary Immunodeficiency

BU Busulfan

CY Cyclophosphamide

FTBI Fractionated Total Body Irradiation

NR Not Reported