A longitudinal study of multimodal evoked potentials in patients following radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 521-525

  Tang, Lok Ming ^a,b   Chen, Sien Tsong ^a   Hsu, Wen Chuin ^a   Leung, Wai Man ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SICKNESS;

EID: 0029831657     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.2.521     Document Type: Article

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