Background. By the year 2010, 1/250 young adults will be long-term survivors of childhood cancer. One of the major concerns is whether they will be able to have healthy children. Procedure. The literature was reviewed to determine 1) the extent of intrapartum and perinatal complications experienced
Pregnancy outcome in survivors of advanced Hodgkin disease
โ Scribed by Abbe J. Janov; James Anderson; David F. Cella; Enid Zuckerman; Alice B. Kornblith; Jimmie C. Holland; Arlene F. Kanfor; Frederick P. Li
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 457 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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