Memory after treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Open Access
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 67 (3), 266-268
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.67.3.266
Abstract
Long term survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) often experience cognitive difficulties, which may be related to impairment of memory function. Memory ability has been studied in a group of survivors of ALL along with sibling controls and in children who have received treatment for other forms of cancer. Children in the ALL group were found to have significant deficits in memory function in tasks which required the application of strategic planning behaviour. These deficits are potentially remediable by educational strategies.Keywords
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