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Cataracts in childhood leukaemia.
The incidence and severity of cataract were studied in 37 children who had completed treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Twelve (32%) had posterior subcapsular lens opacities. Treatment had included corticosteroids and cranial irradiation, but no dose relationship was evident. The boys were more severely affected than the girls. Although none of the lens opacities was optically signifi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.69.6.459