Age at onset of puberty following high-dose central nervous system radiation therapy

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 589-592

  Oberfield, Sharon E ^a,d   Soranno, Dorothy ^a   Nirenberg, Anita ^a   Heller, Glenn ^c   Allen, Jeffrey C ^a   David, Raphael ^a   Levine, Lenore S ^b   Sklar, Charles A ^c  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN RADIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0029993318     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170310023003     Document Type: Article

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