Toxicity of CNS Prophylaxis for Childhood Leukemia

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Waber, Deborah P ^a,b   Tarbell, Nancy J ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BODY GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROTOXICITY; REVIEW;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; COGNITION; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; METHOTREXATE;

EID: 0030890212     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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