title: epsilon-Aminocaproic acid-associated myopathy in a child.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A 12-year-old girl developed severe autoimmune thrombocytopenia after a bone marrow transplant for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although epsilon-aminocaproic acid helped to control her bleeding, it eventually caused a rare myopathy previously undescribed in a pediatric patient.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The myopathy resolved when the drug was discontinued and a different antifibrinolytic agent was used.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology-Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaffee
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kahler
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D015119:Aminocaproic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D015119:Aminocaproic Acid