Eye shielding during total body irradiation for bone marrow transplantation in children transplanted for a hematological disorder: Risks and benefits

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1151-1156

  van Kempen Harteveld, M L ^a   van Weel Sipman, M H ^b   Emmens, C ^c   Noordijk, E M ^b   van der Tweel, I ^d   Revesz T ^a   Struikmans, H ^a   Kal, H B ^a   van der Does van den Berg, A ^e   Vossen, J M J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Division of Molecular Toxicology   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Dutch Childhood Leukemia Study Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cataract; CNS relapse; Eye relapse; Eye shielding; TBI

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CATARACT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 10744230220     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704076     Document Type: Article

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