Published ahead of print on January 9, 2008
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0904
Reduced Frontal White Matter Volume in Long-Term Childhood Leukemia Survivors: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study
M.E. Careya,
M.W. Hauta,b,
S.L. Remingerc,
J.J. Hutterd,
R. Theilmanne and
K.L. Kaemingkd
a Departments of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
b Departments of Neurology and Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
c Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, Ill
d Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz
e Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, Calif

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Fig 1. T1-weighted axial (A) and sagittal spoiled gradient-recalled (B) images show the right middle frontal gyrus with healthy controls > survivors of ALL with respect to regional white matter volume. Note that images have been left-right reversed for presentation.
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Fig 2. T1-weighted axial (A) and sagittal spoiled gradient-recalled (B) images show the right superior frontal gyrus with healthy controls > survivors of ALL with respect to regional white matter volume. Note that images have been left-right reversed for presentation.
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Fig 3. Correlation between the right middle frontal gyrus region of interest (ROI) (cubic millimeters) and Calculation.
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Fig 4. Correlation between the right superior frontal gyrus region of interest (ROI) (cubic millimeters) and Vocabulary.
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