Gonadal function after chemotherapy in patients affected by acute lymphoblastic leukemia;La funzione gonadica dopo chemioterapia per leucemia linfoblastica acuta

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 193-197

  Loverro, G ^a,b   Vicino, M ^a   Santoro, N ^a   Greco, P ^a   Selvaggi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gonads; Leukemia, lymphoblastic acute. Chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GONAD; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 0030139080     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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