Platinum-induced ototoxicity and hearing impairment in children and adolescents
This narrative review aims to present the latest data on ototoxicity induced by platinum-based chemotherapy.
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Scopus CiteScore 2023: 5.9; SCImago Journal Rank 2023: 0.811; Source Normalized Impact per Paper: 0.887; Ranked 75 of 636 (88th percentile) in General Medicine journals and 123 of 313 (60th percentile) in Pharmacology journals.
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