## Abstract Chemotherapy and radiation treatment of the central nervous system may cause delayed neurotoxicity in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia. We evaluated 12 long‐term survivors of childhood leukemia using [^18^F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, computed tomography sca
Cranial radiotherapy predisposes to abdominal adiposity in survivors of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia
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- Book ID
- 120696512
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1748-717X
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