Avascular necrosis of bone following an intensified chemotherapy regimen including high dose steroids

Brain and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 607-612

  Thornton, M J ^a   O'Sullivan, G ^a   Williams, M P ^a   Hughes, P M ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 23744461199     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(97)80253-x     Document Type: Article

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