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The Effect of Alfacalcidol in the Treatment of Idiopathic Myelofibrosis in Children
Soon Ki Kim, Jeong Hee Kim, Dae Hyun Lim, Jong Woon Choi, Byong Kwan Son, Hyo Seop Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(3):339-346.   Published online March 15, 1994
Idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF), which is characterized by marrow fibrosis, leukoerythroblastic anemia, teardrop poikilocytosis and splenomegaly due to extramedullary hematopoiesis, has known to have no form of therapy. On the ground of the possibility of reversing collagen deposition in IMF using 1, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1, 25(OH)2D3], we report here our observations of 5 patients (M:F = 1:4) with IMF before and after treatment...