The reproductive system after childhood cancer

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 946-953

  Levitt, Gill A ^a   Jenney, Meriel E M ^b  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST FEEDING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FERTILITY; FETUS OUTCOME; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LACTATION; MALE FERTILITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS FUNCTION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SURVIVORS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031711135     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10256.x     Document Type: Review

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