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Scholastic achievement of children with lymphoma or Wilms tumor at the end of comprehensive education—A nationwide, register-based study

  1. Päivi M. Lähteenmäki1,†,*,
  2. Risto Sankila2,3,
  3. Eero Pukkala2,3,
  4. Pentti Kyyrönen2,
  5. Arja Harila-Saari4

Article first published online: 23 JUL 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23753

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 123, Issue 10, pages 2401–2405, 15 November 2008

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Lähteenmäki, P. M., Sankila, R., Pukkala, E., Kyyrönen, P. and Harila-Saari, A. (2008), Scholastic achievement of children with lymphoma or Wilms tumor at the end of comprehensive education—A nationwide, register-based study. Int. J. Cancer, 123: 2401–2405. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23753

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  1. 1

    Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

  2. 2

    Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland

  3. 3

    School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

  4. 4

    Department of Pediatrics and Adolescence, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

  1. †

    Fax: +3-582-313-2416.

*Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, P.O. Box 52, FI-20521 Turku, Finland

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 SEP 2008
  2. Article first published online: 23 JUL 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 21 MAY 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 30 JAN 2008

Funded by

  • Finnish Cancer Society
  • Society for Turku University
  • Nona ja Kullervo Väre Foundation
  • The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim

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