Slight cognitive impairment and magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities but normal school levels in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia with chemotherapy only

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 413-420

  Kingma, Annette ^a,b   Van Dommelen, Rieneke I ^a,b   Mooyaart, Eduard L ^a,b   Wilmink, Jan T ^a,b   Deelman, Betto G ^a,b   Kamps, Willem A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034822294     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.117066     Document Type: Article

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