Cognitive deficits in children treated for leukaemia.
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Cognitive deficits in children treated for leukaemia.
Psychological effects of chronic childhood diseases In common with children who have other chronic diseases, those with leukaemia experience a great many restrictions and disadvantages; school life is inevitably interrupted, and many children miss several months schooling immediately after diagnosis.' 2 All children are regularly absent during the course of their treatment either for routine ho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.66.1.164