Acute blindness as a presenting sign in childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-72

  Güler, Elif ^a   Kutluk, Tezer ^a   Akalan, Nejat ^a   Akyüz, Canan ^a   Atahan, Lale ^a   Büyükpamukçu, Münevver ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blindness; Children; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0037229311     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200301000-00014     Document Type: Article

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