Brainstem glioma after radiation therapy
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David Zagzag; Douglas C. Miller; Joan Cangiarella; Jeffrey C. Allen; M. Alba Gre
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A 13-year-old boy with Down syndrome (DS) had a brainstem glioma confirmed at autopsy, 10 years after receiving prophylactic cranial irradiation for acute myeloblastic leukemia. There is no clear association of brain tumors with DS; despite a reported link between leukemia and glioma, a causal assoc