Niinimäki, Riitta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0190-5664
Aarnivala, Henri http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-3676
Banerjee, Joanna
Pokka, Tytti
Vepsäläinen, Kaisa
Harila-Saari, Arja http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-5828
Funding for this research was provided by:
Stiftelsen Alma och K. A. Snellman Säätiö
University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital
Article History
Received: 5 May 2021
Accepted: 23 June 2021
First Online: 8 July 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was waived by the Ethics Committee of the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District in view of the retrospective nature of the study, and all the procedures being performed were part of the routine care.
: Informed consent was obtained from all the patients and/or guardians to register the data in the NOPHO leukemia registry and for research purposes, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval for the study and for collecting data from the patients’ files was obtained from the Finland Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and Statistics (STM/2929/2005).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.