Bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine was measured in 97 long-term survivors of childhood cancer 5-23 years after diagnosis using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). They had been treated for acute leukemia (n ؍ 22), brain tumors (n ؍ 16), lymphomas (n ؍ 16), Wilms' tumor (n ؍ 1
Bone mineral density, body composition, and height in long-term survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood
✍ Scribed by van der Sluis, Inge M. ;van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Marry M. ;H�hlen, Karel ;Krenning, Eric P. ;de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Sabine M.P.F.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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