Failure to lactate: A possible late effect of cranial radiation

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 721-722

  Johnston, Karen ^a   Vowels, Marcus ^a,c   Carroll, Susan ^b,c   Neville, Kristen ^a,c   Cohn, Richard ^a,c  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer survivors; Cranial irradiation; Lactation; Leukemia; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION DISORDER; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SICKNESS; SKULL IRRADIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LACTATION DISORDERS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 38549088905     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21291     Document Type: Article

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