Background The incidence of childhood acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) had increased for years, but the success of therapy is still low. Objective To analyze overall survivel (OS) and prognostic factors of AML in Dr. Sardjito General Hospital from January 2004 -December 2008. Methods Patients aged less than 15 years and newly diagnosed as AML included in this study. The prognostic factors suc…
Complication of daily treatment of iron efficiency anemia in children is still low. The complicance will be increased if the iron supplementation is given weekly. Previous study showed that there was no significant difference in the increase in hemoglobin level between daily and weekly treatment in prepubertial children. To study the difference in the increase in hemoglobin and serum ferritin l…