ESPE Abstracts

Background: Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is known to affect endocrine function, most commonly causing primary hypothyroidism and hypogonadism in children. Newer reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) uses less myeloablative chemotherapy and no irradiation. Our study goal was to evaluate endocrine effects at 1 year post BMT in pediatric patients who received RIC.Methods: Retrospective, IRB-approved chart review was performed on 121 patients (44 females...