Pediatric Oncology

Prof. Dr. Betül Tavil

- Developmental Disorders in Children
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Familial Mediterranean Fever (Fmf)
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Platelet (Blood Plate) Diseases
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bone Marrow Failure
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Purpuras
- Von-Willebrand's Disease
- Spleen Enlargement (Splenomegaly)
- Hemophilia (Coagulation Disorder)
- Leukocyte (White Blood Cell) Diseases
- Thalassemia
- Testicular Cancer (Testicular Tumor)
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (All)
- Hereditary Spherocytosis
- Muscle and Soft Tissue Tumors (Rhabdomyosarcoma)
- Bone Marrow Cancer
- Leukemia (Blood Cancer)
- Neuroblastoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Genetic Diseases
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome
- Anemia (Anemia)
- Neutropenias
- Wilms Tumor (Kidney Tumor)
- Childhood Tumors
- Hemogram (Blood Count)
- Lymph Node Enlargement (Lymphadenopathy)
- Solid Tumors
- Thrombophilia (Coagulation Disorder)
- Growth and Development Retardation
- Enlarged Lymph Nodes
- Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
- Lymphoma (Lymph Node Cancer)
- Non Hodkin Lymphoma
- Fever (Fever of Unknown Cause)
- Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
- Leukopenia (Reduction in White Blood Cell)
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Glass Bone Disease)
- Periodic Fever Syndrome (Pfapa Syndrome, Recurrent Fever Syndrome)

Education:

-> 2015 - 2015, Türkiye
PROFESSOR

-> 2008 - 2008, Türkiye
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

-> 2004 - 2007, Ankara/Türkiye
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
Pediatric Hematology Minor Training

-> 1997 - 2001, Ankara/Türkiye
DR. SAMI ULUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Child Health and Diseases Specialization Training

-> 1989 - 1996, Ankara/Türkiye
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Graduate Education

-> 1989 - 1996, Ankara/Türkiye
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Medical Doctor Education



Academic Appointments:

-> 2019 - Present, Istanbul/Türkiye
MEMORIAL ATASEHIR HOSPITAL
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Specialist

-> 2017 - 2019, Istanbul/Türkiye
MEDISTATE KAVACIK HOSPITAL
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Specialist

-> 2012 - 2017, Ankara/Türkiye
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Specialist

-> 2008 - 2012, Ankara/Türkiye
ANKARA CHILD HEALTH AND DISEASES HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL
Pediatric Hematology Clinic Deputy Chief of Clinical KIT Unit Deputy Chief

-> 2007 - 2008, Ankara/Ankara/Turkey
ABDURRAHMAN YURTASLAN ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL
Pediatric Hematology Clinic Minor Mandatory Service

-> 2004 - 2007, Ankara/Türkiye
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Pediatric Hematology Unit Minor Assistant

-> 1997 - 2004, Ankara/Türkiye
DR. SAMI ULUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Chief Assistant Assistant

- Sipahi T, Karakurt C, Bakirtas A, Tavil B. Acute iron ingestion. Indian J Pediatr. 2002 Nov;69(11):947-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02726009. PMID: 12503657.

- Tavil B, Aytaç S, Unal S, Kuskonmaz B, Gumruk F, Cetin M. Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: Hacettepe Experience. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2016 Oct;38(7):539-43. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000668. PMID: 27548336.

- Demirel F, Esen I, Tunc B, Tavil B. Scarcity despite wealth: osteopetrorickets. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Sep;23(9):931-4. doi: 10.1515/jpem.2010.149. PMID: 21175093.

- Tanir Basaranoglu S, Aykac K, Ozsurekci Y, Bajin I, Tavil B, Gumruk F, Ceyhan M. Human Bocavirus: Can It Trigger Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis? J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2017 Nov;39(8):e504-e507. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000877. PMID: 28731923.

- Ozsurekci Y, Cengiz AB, Duzova A, Sag E, Kadayifcilar S, Dogru Ersoz D, Akcoren Z, Yuce A, Tavil B, Ayvaz D, Akyuz C, Kara Eroglu F. Pediatric-onset adult type sarcoidosis: A case report. Arch Argent Pediatr. 2015 Dec 1;113(6):e336-40. English, Spanish. doi: 10.5546/aap.2015.eng.e336. PMID: 26593812.

- Azik FM, Tezer H, Ozkaya-Parlakay A, Aksu T, Bayram C, Fettah A, Tavil B, Tunç B. Secondary antifungal prophylaxis in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplants. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 Jan;37(1):e19-22. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000175. PMID: 25522351.

- Koç N, Gündüz M, Azık MF, Tavil B, Gürlek-Gökçebay D, Özaydın E, Tunç B, Uçkan D. Stepwise diet management in pediatric gastrointestinal graft versus host disease. Turk J Pediatr. 2016;58(2):145-151. doi: 10.24953/turkjped.2016.02.004. PMID: 27976554.

- Tavil B, Cetin M, Kuşkonmaz B, Gümrük F. Diamond-Blackfan anemia associated with beta-thalassemia trait. Am J Hematol. 2006 Mar;81(3):214-5. doi: 10.1002/ajh.20530. PMID: 16493623.

- Kayki G, Bozkaya D, Buyukeren M, Tavil B, Yigit S. Normoblastemia multinuclear en un recién nacido secundaria a hipoxia. Arch Argent Pediatr. 2017 Aug 1;115(4):e217-e219. English, Spanish. doi: 10.5546/aap.2017.eng.e219. PMID: 28737871.

- Gurgey A, Secmeer G, Tavil B, Ceyhan M, Kuskonmaz B, Cengiz B, Ozen H, Kara A, Cetin M, Gumruk F. Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in Turkish children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Dec;24(12):1116-7. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000190043.48182.31. PMID: 16371881.

- Haliloglu G, Maluenda J, Sayinbatur B, Aumont C, Temucin C, Tavil B, Cetin M, Oguz KK, Gut I, Picard V, Melki J, Topaloglu H. Early-onset chronic axonal neuropathy, strokes, and hemolysis: inherited CD59 deficiency. Neurology. 2015 Mar 24;84(12):1220-4. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001391. Epub 2015 Feb 25. PMID: 25716358.

- Yarali N, Tavil B, Kara A, Ozkasap S, Tunç B. Acute renal failure during ATRA treatment. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Mar;25(2):115-8. doi: 10.1080/08880010801888287. PMID: 18363177.

- Kukul MG, Ciki K, Karadag-Oncel E, Cengiz AB, Kuskonmaz B, Tavil B, Kesici S. A fatal Clostridium perfringens infection with hemolysis after chemotherapy in an adolescent. Arch Argent Pediatr. 2017 Apr 1;115(2):e92-e95. English, Spanish. doi: 10.5546/aap.2017.eng.e92. PMID: 28318191.

- Bayram C, Fettah A, Yarali N, Kara A, Azik FM, Tavil B, Tunc B. Adjuvant corticosteroid therapy in hepatosplenic candidiasis-related iris. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2012;4(1):e2012018. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2012.018. Epub 2012 Mar 13. PMID: 22550563; PMCID: PMC3340993.

- Tavil B, Kınık S, Gözen A, Olcay L. Gynecomastia in a Boy with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia during Imatinib Therapy. Turk J Haematol. 2013 Sep;30(3):336-7. doi: 10.4274/TJH-2013-0109. Epub 2013 Sep 5. PMID: 24385819; PMCID: PMC3878546.

- Tunç B, Tavil B, Karakurt N, Yarali N, Azik FM, Kara A, Culha V, Ozkasap S. Deferasirox therapy in children with Fanconi aplastic anemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 May;34(4):247-51. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318249a4be. PMID: 22510772.

- Tavil B, Ozyurek E, Gumruk F, Cetin M, Gurgey A. Antiphospholipid antibodies in Turkish children with thrombosis. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2007 Jun;18(4):347-52. doi: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32809cc95a. PMID: 17473576.

- Tavil B, Korkmaz A, Bayhan T, Aytaç S, Unal S, Kuskonmaz B, Yigit S, Cetin M, Yurdakök M, Gumruk F. Foetal and neonatal intracranial haemorrhage in term newborn infants: Hacettepe University experience. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2016 Mar;27(2):163-8. doi: 10.1097/MBC.0000000000000403. PMID: 26829281.

- Onur CB, Sipahi T, Tavil B, Karademir S, Yoney A. Diagnosing iron deficiency in cyanotic heart disease. Indian J Pediatr. 2003 Jan;70(1):29-31. doi: 10.1007/BF02722740. PMID: 12619949.

- Doğan S, Memis P, Ersoy-Evans S, Gokoz O, Tavil B, Çetin M. Generalized lichen nitidus associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Int J Dermatol. 2016 Nov;55(11):e592-e594. doi: 10.1111/ijd.13084. PMID: 26341890.

- Ozturk G, Tavil B, Ozguner M, Ginis Z, Erden G, Tunc B, Azik MF, Uckan D, Delibas N. Evaluation of Cardiac Markers in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Clin Lab Anal. 2015 Jul;29(4):259-62. doi: 10.1002/jcla.21760. Epub 2014 May 19. PMID: 24840114; PMCID: PMC6806733.

- Sac R, Yarali N, Tavil B, Azik MF, Kara A, Tunc B. Severe persistent thrombocytopenia as a sole manifestation of brucellosis. Indian J Pediatr. 2013 Jan;80(1):85-6. doi: 10.1007/s12098-012-0754-4. Epub 2012 Apr 28. PMID: 22544672.

- Tavil B, Kara F, Topaloglu R, Aytac S, Unal S, Kuskonmaz B, Cetin M, Besbas N, Gumruk F. Case series of thromboembolic complications in childhood nephrotic syndrome: Hacettepe experience. Clin Exp Nephrol. 2015 Jun;19(3):506-13. doi: 10.1007/s10157-014-1005-y. Epub 2014 Jul 4. PMID: 24993948.

- Bayhan T, Çiki K, Tavil B, Gümrük F, Çetin M, Ünal Ş. An Infant With Congenital Leukemia Cutis and AML-M5 With MLL Gene Rearrangement. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 Oct;37(7):566-7. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000405. PMID: 26207776.

- Azık F, Gökçebay DG, Tavil B, Işık P, Tunç B, Uçkan D. Venous Thromboembolism after Allogeneic Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Single-Center Study. Turk J Haematol. 2015 Sep;32(3):228-33. doi: 10.4274/tjh.2013.0066. PMID: 25912774; PMCID: PMC4563198.

- Tavil B, Isgandarova F, Bayhan T, Unal S, Kuskonmaz B, Gumruk F, Cetin M. Sorafenib-induced Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Child With FLT3-ITD-positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2016 Apr;38(3):240-2. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000521. PMID: 26907662.

- Tavil B, Bozkaya I, Yarali N, Tunç B. Foamy histiocytes in a child with acute myeloid leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 May;34(4):320-1. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182408412. PMID: 22278204.

- Bilici M, Tavil B, Dogru O, Davutoglu M, Bosnak M. Diabetic ketoasidosis is associated with prothrombotic tendency in children. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Aug;28(5):418-24. doi: 10.3109/08880018.2011.558568. Epub 2011 May 26. PMID: 21615248.

- Sipahi T, Tavil B, Unver Y. Neutrophil hypersegmentation in children with iron deficiency anemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2002 Jun;19(4):235-8. doi: 10.1080/08880010252899398. PMID: 12051589.

- Tavil B, Karakurt N, Bozkaya I, Culha V, Mehmet Azk F, Tunç B. Pseudotumor cerebri in a Turkish boy with Fanconi anemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 May;34(4):296-7. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182441235. PMID: 22430586.

- Karacan C, Tavil B, Topal Y, Zorlu P, Tayman C. Evaluation of shigellosis in a Turkish children's hospital. Pediatr Int. 2007 Oct;49(5):589-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02425.x. PMID: 17875081.

- Koç N, Gündüz M, Tavil B, Azik MF, Coşkun Z, Yardımcı H, Uçkan D, Tunç B. Beneficial Effect of the Nutritional Support in Children Who Underwent Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. Exp Clin Transplant. 2017 Aug;15(4):458-462. doi: 10.6002/ect.2015.0298. Epub 2016 Oct 20. PMID: 27765005.

- Bayhan T, Tavil B, Korkmaz A, Ünal Ş, Hanalioğlu D, Yiğit Ş, Gümrük F, Çetin M, Yurdakök M. Neonates born to mothers with immune thrombocytopenic purpura: a single-center experience of 20 years. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2016 Jan;27(1):19-23. doi: 10.1097/MBC.0000000000000378. PMID: 26258676.

- Tavil B, Kuskonmaz B, Kiper N, Cetin M, Gumruk F, Gurgey A. Pulmonary thromboembolism in childhood: a single-center experience from Turkey. Heart Lung. 2009 Jan-Feb;38(1):56-65. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.06.004. Epub 2008 Aug 23. PMID: 19150531.

- Bozkaya IO, Yarali N, Sac RU, Tavil B, Kara A, Azik F, Tunç B. Pseudo-Chediak-Higashi anomaly in acute myeloid leukemia with t (8;21). J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 Apr;34(3):242. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31820db7d7. PMID: 22441711.

- Tavil B, Cetin M, Gumruk F, Ayvaz D, Cengiz AB. Metamizole-induced bicytopenia reversed by G-CSF and IVIG treatment in a child. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2014 Mar;31(2):117-9. doi: 10.3109/08880018.2013.874512. Epub 2014 Feb 10. PMID: 24512007.

- Yazal Erdem A, Azık F, Tavil B, Teber S, Tunç B, Uçkan D. Busulfan triggers epileptic seizures under levetiracetam and valproic acid therapy. Pediatr Transplant. 2014 Jun;18(4):412-3. doi: 10.1111/petr.12249. Epub 2014 Mar 20. PMID: 24645650.

- Tavil B, Aksu T, Çulha V, Yarali N, Tunç B. Staphylococcal pyomyositis in a child with Fanconi aplastic anemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Aug;28(5):447-50. doi: 10.3109/08880018.2010.542799. Epub 2011 Feb 23. PMID: 21345078.

- Sipahi T, Köksal T, Tavil B, Akar N. The effects of acute infection on hematological parameters. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2004 Sep;21(6):513-20. doi: 10.1080/08880010490477301. PMID: 15552815.

- Yetgin S, Aslan D, Unal S, Tavil B, Kuşkonmaz B, Elmas SA, Olcay L, Cetinkaya DU. Dysplasia and disorder of cell membrane entirety in iron-deficiency anemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Sep;25(6):492-501. doi: 10.1080/08880010802234804. PMID: 18728968.

- Yetgin S, Aslan D, Unal S, Tavil B, Kuşkonmaz B, Elmas SA, Olcay L, Cetinkaya DU. Dysplasia and disorder of cell membrane entirety in iron-deficiency anemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Sep;25(6):492-501. doi: 10.1080/08880010802234804. PMID: 18728968.

- Gun Eryilmaz O, Tavil B, Turan S, Yumusak O, Doganay M, Uzunlar O, Akar S, Eyi EG. Hepcidin and erythropoietin measurements in the cord blood of neonates with meconium-stained amniotic fluid. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2013 Jan;39(1):175-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.01896.x. Epub 2012 Jun 4. PMID: 22672260.

- Tavil B, Azik F, Culha V, Kara A, Yaral N, Tezer H, Tunç B. Pandemic H1N1 influenza infection in children with acute leukemia: a single-center experience. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 Jan;34(1):48-50. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182387d57. PMID: 22215097.

- Azik F, Yazal Erdem A, Tavil B, Bayram C, Tunç B, Uçkan D. Neurological complications after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children, a single center experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2014 Jun;18(4):405-11. doi: 10.1111/petr.12265. PMID: 24802348.

- Metin A, Tavil B, Azık F, Azkur D, Ok-Bozkaya I, Kocabas C, Tunc B, Uckan D. Successful bone marrow transplantation for DOCK8 deficient hyper IgE syndrome. Pediatr Transplant. 2012 Jun;16(4):398-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01641.x. Epub 2012 Jan 17. PMID: 22248482.

- Azık F, Bayram C, Erkoçoğlu M, Tezer H, Yazal Erdem A, Işık P, Avcı Z, Özbek N, Tavil B, Tunc B. Comparison of prophylactic use of intravenous immunoglobulin versus Pentaglobin® in pediatric patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Mar;20(2):276-83. doi: 10.1111/petr.12636. Epub 2015 Nov 28. PMID: 26614176.

- Aytaç S, Yetgin S, Tavil B. Acute and long-term neurologic complications in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Turk J Pediatr. 2006 Jan-Mar;48(1):1-7. PMID: 16562778.

- Aydin SE, Kilic SS, Aytekin C, Kumar A, Porras O, Kainulainen L, Kostyuchenko L, Genel F, Kütükcüler N, Karaca N, Gonzalez-Granado L, Abbott J, Al-Zahrani D, Rezaei N, Baz Z, Thiel J, Ehl S, Marodi L, Orange JS, Sawalle-Belohradsky J, Keles S, Holland SM, Sanal Ö, Ayvaz DC, Tezcan I, Al-Mousa H, Alsum Z, Hawwari A, Metin A, Matthes-Martin S, Hönig M, Schulz A, Picard C, Barlogis V, Gennery A, Ifversen M, van Montfrans J, Kuijpers T, Bredius R, Dückers G, Al-Herz W, Pai SY, Geha R, Notheis G, Schwarze CP, Tavil B, Azik F, Bienemann K, Grimbacher B, Heinz V, Gaspar HB, Aydin R, Hagl B, Gathmann B, Belohradsky BH, Ochs HD, Chatila T, Renner ED, Su H, Freeman AF, Engelhardt K, Albert MH; inborn errors working party of EBMT. DOCK8 deficiency: clinical and immunological phenotype and treatment options - a review of 136 patients. J Clin Immunol. 2015 Feb;35(2):189-98. doi: 10.1007/s10875-014-0126-0. Epub 2015 Jan 28. PMID: 25627830.

- Tekcicek M, Tavil B, Cakar A, Pinar A, Unal S, Gumruk F. Oral and dental findings in children with Fanconi anemia. Pediatr Dent. 2007 May-Jun;29(3):248-52. PMID: 17688024.

- Tavil B, Koksal E, Yalcin SS, Uckan D. Pretransplant nutritional habits and clinical outcome in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Exp Clin Transplant. 2012 Feb;10(1):55-61. doi: 10.6002/ect.2011.0082. PMID: 22309421.

- Yılmaz S, Tavil B, Sarı S, Cinaz P. Vitamin K deficiency because of ceftriaxone usage and prolonged diarrhoea. J Paediatr Child Health. 2011 May;47(5):314-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02090.x. PMID: 21599785.

- Tavil B, Sivri HS, Coskun T, Gurgey A, Ozyurek E, Dursun A, Tokatli A, Altay C, Gumruk F. Haematological findings in children with inborn errors of metabolism. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2006 Oct;29(5):607-11. doi: 10.1007/s10545-006-0379-8. Epub 2006 Aug 12. PMID: 16906472.

- Unal S, Fidan G, Tavil B, Cetin M, Cetinkaya DU. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in pediatric chronic myelogenous leukemia cases: Hacettepe experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Sep;11(6):645-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00727.x. PMID: 17663688.

- Isik P, Yarali N, Tavil B, Demirel F, Karacam GB, Sac RU, Fettah A, Ozkasap S, Kara A, Tunc B. Endocrinopathies in Turkish children with Beta thalassemia major: results from a single center study. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2014 Oct;31(7):607-15. doi: 10.3109/08880018.2014.898724. Epub 2014 May 22. PMID: 24854890.

- Tezer H, Tavil B, Sucaklı IA, Korukluoğlu G, Uyar Y, Dinçer E, Tunç B, Özkul A. Concurrent Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and visceral leishmaniasis in a Turkish girl. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Jun;11(6):743-5. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0092. Epub 2010 Nov 17. PMID: 21083375.

- Unal S, Russo R, Gumruk F, Kuskonmaz B, Cetin M, Sayli T, Tavil B, Langella C, Iolascon A, Uckan Cetinkaya D. Successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a patient with congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type II. Pediatr Transplant. 2014 Jun;18(4):E130-3. doi: 10.1111/petr.12254. Epub 2014 Apr 12. PMID: 24724984.

- Portakal O, Tavil B, Kuşkonmaz B, Aytaç S, Hasçelik G. An automated image analysis system can be beneficial in preclassification of leucocytes in children with hematological disease. J Clin Lab Anal. 2011;25(2):71-5. doi: 10.1002/jcla.20433. PMID: 21437995; PMCID: PMC6647632.

- Balci YI, Tavil B, Karabulut E, Kuskonmaz B, Kucukbayrak O, Akyol F, Hascelik G, Cetin M, Uckan D. Cyclosporine level at the second hour in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. Exp Clin Transplant. 2011 Oct;9(5):329-35. PMID: 21967260.

- Colakoglu S, Bayhan T, Tavil B, Keskin EY, Cakir V, Gümrük F, Çetin M, Aytaç S, Berber E. Molecular genetic analysis of the F11 gene in 14 Turkish patients with factor XI deficiency: identification of novel and recurrent mutations and their inheritance within families. Blood Transfus. 2018 Jan;16(1):105-113. doi: 10.2450/2016.0098-16. Epub 2016 Oct 4. PMID: 27723456; PMCID: PMC5770321.

- Unal S, Gumruk F, Yigit S, Tuncer M, Tavil B, Cil O, Takci S, Urata M, Hotta T, Kang D, Cetin M. A novel mutation in protein C gene (PROC) causing severe phenotype in neonatal period. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Apr;61(4):763-4. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24782. Epub 2013 Sep 20. PMID: 24115609.

- Karacan C, Erkek N, Senel S, Akin Gunduz S, Catli G, Tavil B. Evaluation of urine collection methods for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in children. Med Princ Pract. 2010;19(3):188-91. doi: 10.1159/000273068. Epub 2010 Mar 29. PMID: 20357500.

- Isik P, Tavil B, Tunç B, Yarali N, Demir A, Cetin M. Extramedullary orbital granulocytic sarcoma without bone marrow involvement: a report of two cases. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Feb;28(1):65-70. doi: 10.3109/08880018.2010.511439. Epub 2010 Sep 23. PMID: 20863164.

- Tavil B, Azik FM, Bozkaya I, Gokcebay DG, Tezer H, Tunc B, Uckan D. Prophylactic acyclovir and preemptive ganciclovir to prevent cytomegalovirus disease in children after hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Exp Clin Transplant. 2014 Oct;12(5):462-8. PMID: 25299374.

- Tavil B, Erdem AY, Azik F, Isik P, Metin A, Emir S, Uckan D, Tunc B. Successful allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation in a case of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Pediatr Transplant. 2013 Sep;17(6):E146-8. doi: 10.1111/petr.12114. Epub 2013 Jun 17. PMID: 23773507.

- Yetgin S, Kuskonmaz B, Aytaç S, Tavil B. An unusual case of reactive lymphocytosis mimicking acute leukemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Mar;24(2):129-35. doi: 10.1080/08880010601069948. PMID: 17454779.

- Ok Bozkaya I, Azik F, Tavil B, Koksal Y, Ozguner M, Tunc B, Uckan Cetinkaya D. The Effect of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor on Immune-Modulatory Cytokines in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment and Mesenchymal Stem Cells of Healthy Donors. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Nov;21(11):1888-94. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.08.007. Epub 2015 Aug 8. PMID: 26265462.

- Fettah A, Özbek N, Azık F, Tavil B, Özgüner M, Avcı Z, Işık P, Yaralı N, Uçkan D, Tunç B. Clinical outcomes and graft characteristics in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Effect of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor priming. Transfus Apher Sci. 2015 Jun;52(3):332-8. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2015.02.017. Epub 2015 Feb 26. PMID: 25779226.

- Unal S, Cetin M, Tavil B, Calişkan N, Yetgin S, Uçkan D. Favorable outcome with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in pediatric acquired aplastic anemia patients. Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Nov;11(7):788-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00771.x. PMID: 17910658.

- Sipahi T, Yilmaz D, Tavil B. Propionic acidemia with myelodysplasia and neutropenia in a Turkish child. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2004 Mar;26(3):154-5. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200403000-00003. PMID: 15125606.

- Bayram C, Yaralı N, Fettah A, Demirel F, Tavil B, Kara A, Tunç B. Evaluation of Endocrine Late Complications in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivors: A Report of a Single-Center Experience and Review of the Literature. Turk J Haematol. 2017 Mar 1;34(1):40-45. doi: 10.4274/tjh.2015.0332. Epub 2016 Apr 18. PMID: 27094350; PMCID: PMC5451687.

- Karakurt N, Tavil B, Azik F, Tunc B, Karakas Z, Uckan-Cetinkaya D. Successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a child with congenital erythropoietic porphyria due to a mutation in GATA-1. Pediatr Transplant. 2015 Nov;19(7):803-5. doi: 10.1111/petr.12571. Epub 2015 Sep 22. PMID: 26392207.

- Kuşkonmaz B, Ünal Ş, Bayhan T, Aytaç Eyüboğlu S, Tavil B, Çetin M, Gümrük F, Uçkan Çetinkaya D. Successful Outcome With Fludarabine-Based Conditioning Regimen for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation From Related Donor in Fanconi Anemia: A Single Center Experience From Turkey. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Apr;63(4):695-700. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25844. Epub 2015 Dec 24. PMID: 26703084.

- Balcı YI, Tavil B, Tan CS, Ozgur TT, Bulum B, Cetin M, Balcı M, Yalcın S, Tezcan I, Uckan D. Increased availability of family donors for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a population with increased incidence of consanguinity. Clin Transplant. 2011 May-Jun;25(3):475-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01310.x. Epub 2010 Jul 14. PMID: 20636407.

- Balci YI, Tavil B, Akinci D, Karcaaltincaba M, Gümrük F. Diaphragmatic mesothelial cyst in a child with Fanconi aplastic anemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Dec;29(12):860-1. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318159e6d2. PMID: 18090940.

- Tavil B, Balci YI, Yildirim I, Tavil Y, Secmeer G, Ceyhan M, Tuncer M. Linezolid-induced reversible bicytopenia in a 4-year-old boy with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Jan-Feb;25(1):67-71. doi: 10.1080/08880010701703628. PMID: 18231956.

- Özgüner M, Azık MF, Tavil B, Bozkaya I, Köksal Y, Canal E, Uçkan D, Tunç B. Do two different stem cell grafts: G-CSF stimulated and unstimulated bone marrow differ according to hematopoietic colony forming capacity? Transfus Apher Sci. 2014 Jun;50(3):467-72. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2014.02.018. Epub 2014 Mar 12. PMID: 24656491.

- Tagiyev A, Demirbilek H, Tavil B, Buyukyilmaz G, Gumruk F, Cetin M. Severe Hypercalcemia in a Child With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Relapse: Successful Management With Combination of Calcitonin and Bisphosphonate. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2016 Apr;38(3):232-4. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000525. PMID: 26907650.

- Tavil B, Unal S, Aytaç-Elmas S, Yetgin S. Weekly long-term intravenous immunoglobulin for refractory parvovirus B19 and Epstein-Barr virus-induced immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Turk J Pediatr. 2008 Jan-Feb;50(1):74-7. PMID: 18365597.

- Tavil B, Balci YI, Karacan C, Sahin M, Kara A. Acquired von Willebrand disease in a Turkish boy with Gaucher disease. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Jun;24(4):317-9. doi: 10.1080/08880010701360619. PMID: 17613875.

- Balci YI, Tavil B, Fidan G, Ozaltin F. Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in a child with steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome. Eur J Pediatr. 2007 Jul;166(7):757-8; author reply 759. doi: 10.1007/s00431-007-0488-x. Epub 2007 Apr 20. PMID: 17447084.

 -Tavil B, Secmeer G, Balc YI, Tezer H, Aksoy C, Alan S, Gumruk F, Yetgin S. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis as the first presentation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a 2-year-old boy. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 May;32(4):e151-2. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181d1ec16. PMID: 20445409.

- Ok Bozkaya İ, Yaralı N, Işık P, Ünsal Saç R, Tavil B, Tunç B. Severe Clinical Course in a Patient with Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia Due to a Missense Mutation of the c-MPL Gene. Turk J Haematol. 2015 Jun;32(2):172-4. doi: 10.4274/tjh.2013.0191. PMID: 26316487; PMCID: PMC4451487.

- Tavil B, Cetin M, Gumruk F. Sea-blue histiocytes in the bone marrow of a boy with severe congenital neutropenia associated with G6PC3 mutation. Br J Haematol. 2014 May;165(4):426. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12740. Epub 2014 Jan 21. PMID: 24446813.

- Tavil B, Balta G, Ergun EL, Ozkasap S, Tuncer M, Tunc B, Cetin M, Gurgey A. Leptin promoter G-2548A genotypes and associated serum leptin levels in childhood acute leukemia at diagnosis and under high-dose steroid therapy. Leuk Lymphoma. 2012 Apr;53(4):648-53. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2011.626881. Epub 2011 Nov 25. PMID: 21955253.

- Tokgoz H, Caliskan U, Atas B, Ozbek O, Tavil B. Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus initially presented as Evans syndrome. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2014 Jan;36(1):e39-41. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182816074. PMID: 23389505.

- Tavil B, Sipahi T. Masked deficit of vitamin B12 in a Turkish girl with thalassemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2004 Jun;21(4):363-5. doi: 10.1080/08880010490456755. PMID: 15205099.

- Tavil B, Cetin M, Tuncer M. CD34/CD117 positivity in assessment of prognosis in children with myelodysplastic syndrome. Leuk Res. 2006 Feb;30(2):222-4. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2005.06.019. Epub 2005 Aug 10. PMID: 16098587.

- Unal S, Cetin M, Hazirolan T, Yildirim G, Meral A, Birbilen A, Karabulut E, Aytac S, Tavil B, Kuskonmaz B, Tuncer M, Gumruk F. Number of erythrocyte transfusions is more predictive than serum ferritin in estimation of cardiac iron loading in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leuk Res. 2014 Aug;38(8):882-5. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2014.05.002. Epub 2014 May 14. PMID: 24933623.

- Tavil B, Sanal O, Turul T, Yel L, Gurgey A, Gumruk F. Parvovirus B19-induced persistent pure red cell aplasia in a child with T-cell immunodeficiency. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Mar;26(2):63-8. doi: 10.1080/08880010902754735. PMID: 19322736.

- Gülhan B, Tavil B, Gümrük F, Aki TF, Topaloglu R. Renal transplantation experience in a patient with factor V Leiden homozygous, MTHFR C677T heterozygous, and PAI heterozygous mutation. Pediatr Transplant. 2015 Aug;19(5):E126-9. doi: 10.1111/petr.12526. Epub 2015 May 21. PMID: 25996881.

- Tavil B, Caliskan U, Unal S, Gumruk F. Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting with pancytopaenia, haemophagocytosis and foamy histiocytes in an infant. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2007 Aug;11(8):931-2. PMID: 17705963.

- Tavil B, Sipahi T, Gökçe H, Akar N. Effect of twice weekly versus daily iron treatment in Turkish children with iron deficiency anemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2003 Jun;20(4):319-26. PMID: 12746164.

- Tavil B, Aytac S, Balci YI, Unal S, Kuskonmaz B, Yetgin S, Gurgey A, Tuncer M, Gumruk F, Uckan D, Cetin M. Fludarabine, cytarabine, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, and idarubicin (FLAG-IDA) for the treatment of children with poor-prognosis acute leukemia: the Hacettepe experience. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 Oct;27(7):517-28. doi: 10.3109/08880018.2010.493578. PMID: 20677923.

- Sipahi T, Kara C, Tavil B, Inci A, Oksal A. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: an overlooked cause of late hemorrhagic disease of the newborn. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2003 Mar;25(3):274-5. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200303000-00019. PMID: 12621252.

- Tavil B, Sipahi T. Fructose 1,6 diphosphatase deficiency in a Turkish infant. Eur J Pediatr. 2003 Oct;162(10):719-20. doi: 10.1007/s00431-003-1234-7. Epub 2003 Jul 25. PMID: 12898237.

- Yetgin S, Tavil B, Aytac S, Kuskonmaz B, Kanra G. Unexpected protection from infection by two booster hepatitis B virus vaccination in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leuk Res. 2007 Apr;31(4):493-6. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2006.06.024. Epub 2006 Aug 23. Erratum in: Leuk Res. 2008 Nov;32(11):1791. Karna, Güler [corrected to Kanra, Güler]. PMID: 16930691.

- Tavil B, Ayçicek A, Azik F, Tunc B, Del Castello BE, Uçkan D. Efficacy of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and prophylactic triple intrathecal therapy in a child with multiple CNS relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Clin Transplant. 2013 Jul-Aug;27(4):E346-7. doi: 10.1111/ctr.12167. Epub 2013 Jun 19. PMID: 23781848.

- Tavil B, Cetin M, Tuncer M, Gumruk F, Yuce A, Demir H, Aytac S, Kuskonmaz B, Unal S, Yetgin S. The rate of hepatitis B and C virus infections and the importance of HBV vaccination in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Hepatol Res. 2007 Jul;37(7):498-502. doi: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2007.00079.x. PMID: 17539991.

- Işık P, Çetin I, Tavil B, Azik F, Kara A, Yarali N, Tunc B. All-transretinoic acid (ATRA) treatment-related pancarditis and severe pulmonary edema in a child with acute promyelocytic leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 Nov;32(8):e346-8. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181e75731. PMID: 20881874.

- Tavil B, Ozdel S, Ozkasap S, Yarali N, Tunc B. Aplastic crisis induced by human parvovirus B19 infection as an initial presentation of hereditary spherocytosis. Indian J Pediatr. 2010 Oct;77(10):1191-2. doi: 10.1007/s12098-010-0204-0. Epub 2010 Sep 25. PMID: 20872096.

- Tavil B, Gulhan B, Ozcelik U, Cetin M, Tezcan I, Tuncer M, Uckan D. Tuberculin skin test positivity in pediatric allogeneic BMT recipients and donors in Turkey. Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Jun;11(4):414-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00679.x. PMID: 17493222.

- Tavil B, Kuşkonmaz B, Kasem M, Demir H, Cetin M, Uçkan D. Hepatitis B immunoglobulin in combination with lamivudine for prevention of hepatitis B virus reactivation in children undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2006 Dec;10(8):966-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00570.x. PMID: 17096768.

- Uckan D, Kirazli S, Gür D, Tavil B, Sayinalp N, Akyüz C. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection of the central venous catheter and lysis of an old thrombosis in a post-bone marrow transplantation child: implications in the fibrinolytic process. Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39(4):376-9. doi: 10.1080/00365540601034774. PMID: 17454909.

- Akyay A, Falay M, Oztürkmen S, Biçakci Z, Tavil B, Ozet G, Olcay L. Hematogones in immune thrombocytopenic purpura: diagnostic implication. Turk J Pediatr. 2011 Mar-Apr;53(2):219-24. PMID: 21853665.

- Ünal Ş, Kuşkonmaz B, Tavil B, Aytaç Elmas S, Uçkan Çetinkaya D, Çetin M, Haliloğlu M, Gümrük F. Early detection of pulmonary fungal infection by CT scan in pediatric ALL patients under chemotherapy or in post-transplantation period with primary complaint of chest pain. Turk J Haematol. 2010 Mar 5;27(1):34-7. English. PMID: 27265796.

- Bıçakçı Z, Tavil B, Tezer H, Olcay L. Hemophagocytosis in a case with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and an overview of possible pathogenesis with current evidence. Turk J Pediatr. 2013 May-Jun;55(3):344-8. PMID: 24217086.

- Tavil B, Sipahi T, Kara A. The use of pamidronate in a leukemic child with immobilization hypercalcemia. Leuk Res. 2006 Jul;30(7):907-8. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2005.10.004. Epub 2005 Nov 14. PMID: 16289681.

- Gumruk F, Tavil B, Balta G, Unal S, Gurgey A. Significance of fetal hemoglobin values in detection of heterozygotes in fanconi anemia: reevaluation of fetal hemoglobin values by a sensitive method. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Dec;30(12):896-9. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181833835. PMID: 19131774.

- Sipahi T, Tavil B, Oksal A. Visceral leishmaniasis and pseudomonas septicemia associated with hemophagocytic syndrome and myelodysplasia in a Turkish child. Turk J Pediatr. 2005 Apr-Jun;47(2):191-4. PMID: 16052865.

- Tavil B, Seçmeer G, Ozen H, Cengiz AB, Unal S, Gürgey A. Foamy histiocytes in a patient with visceral leishmaniasis after treatment with liposomal amphotericin B. Turk J Pediatr. 2008 Jan-Feb;50(1):67-9. PMID: 18365595.

- Tavil B, Sipahi T, Kara A. Visceral leishmaniasis accompanied by subacute Epstein-Barr virus infection in a Turkish adolescent girl. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2004 Jun;24(2):191-2. doi: 10.1179/027249303225013510. PMID: 15186552.

- Tavil B, Sipahi T. Is neutropenia a clue for early diagnosis of X-linked agammaglobulinemia? Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2003 Dec;20(8):657-8. PMID: 14578037.

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