Oral Mucositis in Children with Leukemia Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Case Series

• Main Authors: Fabio Gomes dos Santos (Author), Paula Maria Maracajá Bezerra (Author), Nayara Pereira Limão (Author), Ynnaiana Navarro de Lima Santana (Author), Isabella Lima Arrais Ribeiro (Author), Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan (Author), Eliane Batista de Medeiros Serpa (Author), Simone Alves Sousa (Author), Ana Maria Gondim Valença (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Association of Support to Oral Health Research (APESB), 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To report nine cases of pediatric patients with Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL) or Acute Myeloid Leukemia who developed severe oral mucositis (SOM) at the first week of chemotherapy. Material and Methods: The cases were selected from a sample of 105 children followed for 10 consecutive week...