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What is the incidence of stroke in survivors of childhood Hodgkin's disease?

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boxed-textBowers DC et al. (2005) Stroke as a late treatment effect of Hodgkin's disease: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol 23: 6508–6515

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  1. attending neurologist, neuro-oncologist and faculty member at the St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

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  2. chair of the Department of Radiological Sciences, co-leader of the Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program and chair of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium at the St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

    Larry E Kun

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