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Do survivors of childhood cancer have increased incidence of premature menopause?

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boxed-textSklar CA et al. (2006) Premature menopause in survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Natl Cancer Inst 98: 890–896

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The synopsis was written by Vicky Heath, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. HOD Critchley is Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,

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  2. WHB Wallace is a Consultant Pediatric Oncologist at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Part-time Senior Lecturer in the Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,

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