## Abstract ## Background Sex hormone deficiency, growth hormone deficiency, skeletal irradiation, and treatment with corticosteroids or methotrexate may all cause reduction in bone mass after treatment for childhood malignant lymphoma. Previous studies of the bone mass of childhood cancer survivo
Bone mineral status after treatment of malignant lymphoma in childhood and adolescence
β Scribed by A. SALA; D. TALSMA; C. WEBBER; S. POSGATE; S. ATKINSON; R. BARR
- Book ID
- 108710444
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0961-5423
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