## Abstract Sixteen children who received cranial irradiation for CNS prophylaxis of leukemia were evaluated for dose of radiation received to the thyroid. Radiation dose received by the thyroid varied between 2.8 to 7.5% of the given dose to the cranium. This is sufficient radiation to increase th
On the evidence for seasonal variation in the onset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
β Scribed by Fei Gao; Kee-Seng Chia; David Machin
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 548 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0145-2126
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