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
Growth hormone deficiency in children with brain tumors
β Scribed by S. M. Shalet; C. G. Beardwell; P. Morris-Jones; F. N. Bamford; G. G. Ribeiro; D. Pearson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 343 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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