PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M M Reid
AU  - Borghild Roald
TI  - Bone marrow trephine biopsy in infants
AID  - 10.1136/adc.77.1.60
DP  - 1997 Jul 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 60--61
VI  - 77
IP  - 1
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/77/1/60.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/77/1/60.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1997 Jul 01; 77
AB  - Central review of bone marrow trephine biopsies obtained between January 1990 and July 1996 from 282 children with neuroblastoma showed that 18% of cores from older children and an unacceptably high 36% from infants were inadequate (p = 0.0002). Centres should choose their operators for this invasive investigation of infants with more care in order to reduce the failure rate.