MRI abnormalities of the brain in neurologic complications following treatment of cancer in children

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 623-630

  Tomura, Noriaki ^a   Sashi, Kyuji ^a   Hashimoto, Manabu ^a   Hirano, Hiroko ^a   Sato, Kimihiko ^a   Hirano, Yoshinori ^a   Watanabe, Arata ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebral thrombosis; leukemia; leukoencephalopathy; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0029937288     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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