Prof. Dr. Betül TAVİL

experiences

2019 to present: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Specialist at MEMORIAL ATAŞEHİR Hospital Istanbul / Turkey
2017-2019: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Specialist at MEDISTATE KAVACIK HOSPITAL ANKARA / TURKEY
2012-2017: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Specialist at HACETTEPE University Faculty of Medicine Ankara/Turkey
2008-2012: Head of the Pediatric Hematology Clinic at ANKARA ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI HEMATOLOJİ ONKOLOJİ EĞİTİM VE ARAŞTIRMA ANKARA / TURKEY
2007-2008: Mandatory service in the Pediatric Hematology Clinic at ABDURRAHMAN YURTASLAN ONKOLOJİ Oncology Hospital Ankara / Turkey
2004-2007: Assistant Pediatric Hematology Unit at HACETTEPE University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara / Turkey
1997-2004: Assistant Doctor to the Head of DR Hospital. SAMİ ULUS for children

Observer at Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit of St Jude Children’s
Hematology and Oncology Hospital at Memphis, Tennessee, USA at 2010

certificates

Professor of Pediatric Hematology at Medstate Pediatric Hospital 2017-

2015: Professor of Türkiye

2008: Associate Professor

2004-2007 Sub-training in Pediatric Hematology at HACETTEPE University Ankara/Turkey

1997-2001: Specialty Training in Child Health and Diseases at DR Hospital. SAMİ ULUS FOR KIDS ANKARA / Türkiye

1989-1996: Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Medicine of Hacettepe University, Ankara / Turkey

1989-1996: Training of doctors at HACETTEPE University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara/Türkiye

awards

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
Staff at Medistate Hospital
Staff at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Hematology and Bone
Marrow Transplantation Unit
Member of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Advisory Board inTurkish
Ministry of Health
Editor of International Hematology and Oncology Journal (SCI indexed journal)
Reviewer of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Reviewer of Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Member of Turkish Hematology Association
Member of Turkish Pediatric Hematology Association
Member of Stem Cell and Stem Cell Therapies Association
Member of European Hematology Association

publications

ORIGINAL PAPERS
1. Sipahi T, Tavil B, Unver Y. Neutrophil hypersegmentation in children with iron
deficiency anemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 19(4):235-8 (2002).
2. Sipahi T, Karakurt C, Bakirtas A, Tavil B. Acute iron ingestion. Indian J Pediatr,
69(11):947-9 (2002).
3. Onur CB, Sipahi T, Tavil B, Karademir S, Yoney A. Diagnosing iron deficiency in
cyanotic heart disease. Indian J Pediatr, 70(1):29-31 (2003).
4. 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, 25(3):274-5 (2003).
5. Tavil B, Sipahi T, Gokce H, Akar N. Effect of twice weekly versus daily iron
treatment in Turkish children with iron deficiency anemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol,
20(4):319-26 (2003).
6. Tavil B, Sipahi T. Fructose 1,6 diphosphatase deficiency in a Turkish infant. Eur
J Pediatr, 162(10):719-20 (2003).

  1. Tavil B, Sipahi T. Is neutropenia a clue for early diagnosis of X-linked
    agammaglobulinemia? Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 20(8):657-8 (2003).
  2. Sipahi T, Yilmaz D, Tavil B. Propionic acidemia with myelodysplasia and
    neutropenia in a Turkish child. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 26(3):154-5 (2004).
  3. Tavil B, Sipahi T, Kara A. Visceral leishmaniasis accompanied by subacute
    Epstein-Barr virus infection in a Turkish adolescent girl. Ann Trop Paediatr,
    24(2):191-2 (2004).
  4. Tavil B, Sipahi T. Masked deficit of vitamin B12 in a Turkish girl with thalassemia.
    Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 21(4):363-5 (2004).
  5. Sipahi T, Koksal T, Tavil B, Akar N. The effects of acute infection on
    hematological parameters. Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 21(6):513-20 (2004).
  6. Sipahi T, Tavil B, Oksal A.Visceral leishmaniasis and pseudomonas septicemia
    associated with hemophagocytic syndrome and myelodysplasia in a Turkish child.
    Turk J Pediatr, 47(2):191-4 (2005).
  7. Tavil B, Cetin M, Tuncer M. CD34/CD117 positivity in assessment of prognosis in
    children with myelodysplastic syndrome. Leuk Res, 30(2):222-4 (2006).
  8. Tavil B, Sipahi T, Kara A. The use of pamidronate in a leukemic child with
    immobilization hypercalcemia. Leuk Res, 30(7):907-8 (2006).
  9. 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, 24(12):1116-7 (2005).
  10. Tavil B, Cetin M, Kuskonmaz B, Gumruk F. Diamond-Blackfan anemia
    associated with beta-thalassemia trait. Am J Hematol, 81(3):214-5 (2006).
  11. Aytac S, Yetgin S, Tavil B. Acute and long-term neurologic complications in
    children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Turk J Pediatr, 48(1):1-7 (2006).
  12. Ozgen B, Karli-Oguz K, Sarikaya B, Tavil B, Gurgey A. Diffusion-weighted cranial
    MR imaging findings in a patient with hemophagocytic syndrome. AJNR Am J
    Neuroradiol, 27(6):1312-4 (2006).
  13. Tavil B, Kazik M, Kuskonmaz B, Cetin M, Uckan D. A prompt graft-versusthalassemia effect upon withdrawal of cyclosporine A in a child who received
    allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant,
    38(4):315-6 (2006).
  14. 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, 29(5):607-11 (2006).

  15. Tavil B, Kuskonmaz B, Kasem M, Demir H, Cetin M, Uckan D. Hepatitis B
    immunoglobulin in combination with lamivudine for prevention of hepatitis B virus
    reactivation in children undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Pediatr Transplant,
    10(8):966-9 (2006).

  16. Seçmeer G, Cengiz AB, Gurgey A, Kara A, Cultu O, Tavil B, Devrim I.
    Hypertriglyceridemia and decreased high-density lipoprotein could be a clue for
    visceral leishmaniasis. Infect Dis Clin Pract, 14:401-402 (2006).
  17. Tavil B, Sipahi T, Tayman C. Coexistence of Hb D Los Angeles and Fanconi
    aplastic anemia in a Turkish child. Haema, 9(5):693-694 (2006).
  18. Yetgin S, Tavil B, Aytac S, Kuskonmaz B, Karna G. Unexpected protection from
    infection by two booster hepatitis B virus vaccination in children with acute
    lymphoblastic leukemia. Leuk Res, 31(4):493-496 (2007).
  19. Tavil B, Bakkaloglu A, Gurgey A. Prothrombotic risk factors in patients with
    recurrent thrombosis of the arteriovenous fistula. Dialysis and Transplantation,
    35(11):715-730 (2006).
  20. Tekcicek M, Tavil B, Cakar A, Pınar A, Unal S, Gumruk F. Oral and dental
    findings in children with Fanconi anemia. Pediatr Dent, 29(3):248-52 (2007).
  21. Tavil B, Calıskan U, Unal S, Gumruk F. Pulmonary tuberculosis presented with
    pancytopenia, hemophagocytosis, and foamy histiocytes in an infant. Int J Tuberc
    Lung Dis, 11(8):931-2 (2007).
  22. Tavil B, Cetin M, Tuncer M, Gümrük F, Yuce A, Demir H, Aytac S, Kuskonmaz B,
    Unal S, Yetgin S. Hepatic dysfunction in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    and precautions for protection from hepatic dysfunction. Hepatol Res, 37(7):498-502
    (2007).
  23. 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, 50(1):67-9 (2008).
  24. 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, 50(1):74-7 (2008).
  25. Tavil B, Ozyurek E, Gumruk F, Cetin M, and Gurgey A. Antiphospholipid
    antibodies in Turkish children with thrombosis. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis, 18(4):347-
    52 (2007).
  26. Balci YI, Tavil B, Fidan G, Bilginer Y, Ozaltın F. Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis
    in a child with steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome. Eur J Pediatr, 166(7):757-8
    (2007).

  27. 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, 11(4):414-8 (2007).

  28. Uckan D, Kirazlı S, Gür D, Tavil B, Sayınalp 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, 39(4):376-9 (2007).
  29. Yetgin S, Kuskonmaz B, Aytac S, Tavil B. An unusual case of reactive
    lymphocytosis mimicking acute leukemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 24(2):129-35
    (2007).
  30. 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, 11(6):645-9 (2007).
  31. Karacan C, Tavil B, Topal Y, Zorlu P, Tayman C. Evaluation of shigellosis in a
    Turkish children’s hospital. Pediatr Int, 49(5):589-92 (2007).
  32. 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, 11(7):788-91 (2007).
  33. Balci YI, Tavil B, Akinci D, Karcaaltincaba M, Gümrük F. Diaphragmatic
    mesothelial cyst in a child with Fanconi aplastic anemia. J Pediatr Hematol
    Oncol,29(12):860-1 (2007).
  34. Tavil B, Balci YI, Yildirim I, Tavil Y, Secmeer G, Ceyhan M, Tuncer M. Linezolidinduced reversible bicytopenia in a 4-year-old boy with methicillin-resistant
    Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 25(1):67-71 (2008).
  35. Yarali N, Tavil B, Kara A, Ozkasap S, Tunç B. Acute renal failure during ATRA
    treatment. Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 25(2):115-8 (2008).
  36. 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, 25(6):492-501 (2008).
  37. 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, 30(12):896-9
    (2008).
  38. Tavil B, Kuskonmaz B, Kiper N, Cetin M, Gumruk F, Gurgey A. Pulmonary
    thromboembolism in childhood: a single-center experience from Turkey. Heart Lung,
    38(1):56-65 (2009).

  39. 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, 26(2):63-8 (2009).

  40. 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. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
  41. 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
    ;32(4):e151-2.
  42. 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;25(3):475-80.
  43. 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 colonystimulating factor, and idarubicin (FLAG-IDA) for the treatment of children with poorprognosis acute leukemia: the Hacettepe experience. Pediatr Hematol Oncol.
    2010;27(7):517-28.
  44. 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;28(1):65-70.
  45. 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;77(10):1191-2.
  46. 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;32(8):e346-8.
  47. Tezer H, Tavil B, Sucaklı IA, Korukluoğlu G, Uyar Y, Dinçer E, Tunç B, Ozkul A.
    Concurrent crimean-congo hemorrhagic Fever and visceral leishmaniasis in a
    Turkish girl. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011;11(6):743-5.
  48. Demirel F, Esen I, Tunc B, Tavil B. Scarcity despite wealth: osteopetrorickets. J
    Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2010;23(9):931-4.
  49. Tavil B, Aksu T, Culha V, Yarali N, Tunç B. Staphylococcal pyomyositis in a child
    with fanconi aplastic anemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011;28(5):447-50.
  50. 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.

  51. Yılmaz S, Tavil B, Sarı S, Cinaz P. Vitamin K deficiency because of ceftriaxone
    usage and prolonged diarrhoea. J Paediatr Child Health. 2011;47(5):314-5.

  52. Bilici M, Tavil B, Dogru O, Davutoglu M, Bosnak M. Diabetic Ketoasidosis is
    Associated with Prothrombotic Tendency in Children. Pediatr Hematol Oncol.
    2011;28(5):418-24.
  53. Karacan C, Şenel S, Erkek N, Tavil B. Misdiagnosis in a child presenting with
    bulging anterior fontanel: Differential diagnosis. Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci
    2009;29(4): 1029-31.
  54. 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 Hematol 2010; 27:34-37.
  55. 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; 9(5):329-35.
  56. 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;53(4):648-53.
  57. 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; 53(2):219-24.
  58. 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; 34(1):48-50.
  59. 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;16(4):398-9.
  60. Tavil B, Bozkaya I, Yarali N, Tunç B. Foamy histiocytes in a child with acute
    myeloid leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012; 34(4):320-1.
  61. 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;10(1):55-61.
  62. 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
    ;34(4):296-297.

69.Bozkaya IO, Yarali N, Sac RU, Tavil B, Kara A, Azik F, Tunç B. Pseudo-ChediakHigashi anomaly in acute myeloid leukemia with t (8;21). J Pediatr Hematol Oncol.
2012 ;34(3):242.
70.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;34(4):247-51.
71.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;
80(1):85-6.
72. Gokcebay DG, Azik FM, Isik P, Bozkaya IO, Kara A, Tavil EB, Yarali N, Tunc B.
Complete blood count using VCS (volume, conductivity, light scatter) technology is
affected by hyperlipidemia in a child with acute leukemia. Int J Lab Hematol.
2011;33(6):651-5.
73. 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;39(1):175-9.
74. Gokcebay D, Tavil B, Fettah A, Yarali N, Azik F, Tunc B. Evaluation of children
with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura and evans syndrome treated with
rituximab. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2013;19(6):663-7.
75. 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. 2013 Feb 5.
76. 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;17(6):E146-8.
77. 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;27(4): E346-7.
78. 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. 2013 Sep 20.
79. Bıçakçı Z, Tavil B, Tezer H, Olcay L. Hemophagocytosis in a case with crimeancongo hemorrhagic Fever and an overview of possible pathogenesis with current
evidence. Turk J Pediatr. 2013;55(3):344-8.
80. Tavil B, Kınık S, Gozen A, Olcay L. Gynecomastia in a boy with Chronic myeloid
Leukemia during Imatinib Therapy. Turk J Hematol 2013;30:336-337.

  1. Tavil B, Ok-Bozkaya İ, Tezer H, Tunç B. Severe iron deficiency anemia and
    marked eosinophilia in adolescent girls with the diagnosis of human fascioliasis.
    Turk J Pediatr. 2014;56(3):307-9.
  2. 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;12(5):462-8.
  3. 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;19(3):506-13.
    84.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;165(4):426.
  4. 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;31(2):117-9.
  5. 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;18(4):412-3.
  6. 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;50(3):467-72.
  7. 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;18(4):E130-3.

89.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;18(4):405-11.
90. 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;29(4):259-62.
91. 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;31(7):607-15.
92. 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;38(8):882-5.
93. Azik FM, Tezer H, Parlakay AO, Aksu T, Bayram C, Fettah A, Tavil B, Tunç B.
Secondary antifungal prophylaxis in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplants. J
Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015;37(1):e19-22.
94. Bayram C, Çetin İ, Tavil B, Yarali N, Ekici F, Isık P, Tunc B. Evaluation of
cardiotoxicity by tissue Doppler imaging in childhood leukemia survivors treated with
low-dose anthracycline. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015;36(4):862-6.
95. 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;35(2):189-98.

  1. Gürlek Gökçebay D, Azik F, Ozbek N, Isik P, Avci Z, Tavil B, Kara A, Tunc B.
    Clinical comparison of weight- and age-based strategy of dose administration in
    children receiving intravenous busulfan for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
    Pediatr Transplant. 2015 May;19(3):307-15.
    97.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;84(12):1220-4.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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;19(5):E126-
  5. 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;37(7):566-7.
  6. 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-
  7. 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;21(11):1888-94.

  8. 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;32(2):172-4.

  9. 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. 2015 Sep 4.
  10. 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;19(7):803-5.
  11. 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.
  12. 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;20(2):276-83
  13. Kuşkonmaz B, Ayvaz D, Aydemir Y, Erman B, Tavil B, Özen H, Tezcan I,
    Çetinkaya DU. Successful outcome with second hematopoietic stem cell
    transplantation in a patient with IL-10R deficiency. Bone Marrow Transplant.
    2016;51(4):615-6.
  14. 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;63(4):695-700.
  15. 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;27(2):163-8
112. 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;38(3):232-4.
113. 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;38(3):240-2.
114. 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 single-center experience and review of the literature. Turk J
Haematol. 2016 Apr 18.