CNS Irradiation Effects on Puberty and Growth

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-6-4

Keywords:

Cranial Irradiation, Puberty, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Abstract

The relation between age at irradiation, sex, and age at puberty onset was determined in 36 children treated with high-dose irradiation for tumors anatomically distant from the hypothalamic-pituitary region at the New York University Medical Center, St Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

Published

1996-06-01

Issue

Section

Toxic and Substance Use Disorders