Intellectual abilities among survivors of childhood leukaemia as a function of CNS irradiation.

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Tập 53 Số 5 - Trang 391-395 - 1978
Christine Eiser1,2
1Department of Psychological Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London WCIN 3JH.
2From the Department ofPsychological Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, London

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