Reduced frontal white matter volume in long-term childhood leukemia survivors: A voxel-based morphometry study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 792-797

  Carey, Marissa E ^a   Haut, M W ^a   Reminger, S L ^b   Hutter, J J ^c   Theilmann, R ^d   Kaemingk, K L ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SURVIVORS;

EID: 42449088424     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0904     Document Type: Article

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