Dosimetry and growth hormone deficiency
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Schmiegelow, Marianne; Lassen, Soren; Weber, Lars; Poulsen, Hans Skovgaard; Hert
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Background. Dosimetry of the hypothalamus-pituitary (HP) region could allow prediction of the risk of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) following cranial irradiation. Procedure. Nineteen children (15 boys) with a me- dian age of 6.3 years (range 1.7-16.5) at the time of irradiation of a brain tumor no