Hearing loss as a late complication of radiotherapy in children with brain tumors

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 328-331

  Williams, Glenn B ^a   Kun, Larry E ^b   Gould, Herbert J ^c   Thompson, Jerome W ^a   Stocks, Rose Mary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b St Jude Children's Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric hearing loss; Delayed sensorineural hearing loss; Postirradiation hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 17244377702     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400413     Document Type: Review

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